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geraten

end up

verb ge-RAH-ten Less Common
Body & Health Movement

Also means

turn out

Usage Note

geraten is inseparable and means to get into a state, often unintentionally: in Schwierigkeiten geraten ('to get into trouble'). It also means how something turns out, as in Der Kuchen ist gut geraten ('the cake turned out well'); it takes sein in the perfect.

Examples

"Wir geraten in einen Stau."

Natural Translation

We end up in a traffic jam.

Literal Translation

We end-up in a traffic-jam.

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