No. 1,544 in German
erfuhr
"Erfuhr" means "learned" or "found out."
In a sentence
Er erfuhr von der bevorstehenden Reise durch seine Freunde.
He learned about the upcoming trip through his friends.
The verb 'erfuhr' is the simple past tense of 'erfahren', meaning 'to learn' or 'to find out' something.
Sie erfuhr große Unterstützung von ihren Kollegen.
She experienced great support from her colleagues.
Here, 'erfuhr' is used as 'experienced' or 'received', indicating involvement or reception of support.
Das Team erfuhr einen Rückschlag bei den letzten Verhandlungen.
The team experienced a setback during the last negotiations.
In this instance, 'erfuhr' denotes 'went through' or 'underwent' a setback, showing an occurrence of events experienced by the subject.
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