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No. 14,880 in German

reichten

"Reichten" is the third-person plural or past tense form of "reichen," which means "to suffice" or "to hand/pass."

In a sentence

  • Maria reichten die Zutaten, um das Rezept zuzubereiten.

    Maria had enough ingredients to prepare the recipe.

    The word 'reichten' here means 'were sufficient (to)' indicating adequacy for a purpose.

  • Die Kinder reichten ihren Großeltern die Blumen.

    The children handed the flowers to their grandparents.

    In this sentence, 'reichten' means 'handed over' or 'gave', showing action of transferring something to someone.

  • Die Anstrengungen reichten nicht aus, um das Ziel zu erreichen.

    The efforts were not enough to achieve the goal.

    'Reichten' in this case is used as 'were sufficient' combined with 'nicht aus', implying inadequacy.

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