This is the 13731st most frequent German word.
empfahl
"Empfahl" is the past tense of "empfehlen," meaning "recommended."
The verb 'empfahl' is the simple past tense of 'empfehlen', meaning 'to recommend'. Here, it is used transitively to denote giving a suggestion to someone.
Er empfahl mir ein gutes Buch.
He recommended a good book to me.
In this sentence, 'empfahl' is used in the simple past to refer to a suggestion made by a subject about a specific entity.
Das Restaurant, das er empfahl, war ausgezeichnet.
The restaurant he recommended was excellent.
Here, 'empfahl' describes a habitual suggestion in the past, expressing the regularity of the action.