verspannen
B2to tense up / brace
- English meaning
- to tense up / brace
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verspannen in a sentence
Seine Muskeln verspannen sich bei Stress.
His muscles tense up under stress.
Conjugation of verspannen
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- verspannte
- Perfect
- hat verspannt
Word family
verspannen is built from der Vers (verse/line of poetry). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.
Where verspannen comes from
Derivation (Ableitung) zum Verb spannen mit dem Derivatem ver-
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Questions about verspannen
How do you conjugate verspannen?
Present tense: verspanne, verspannst, verspannt, verspannen, verspannt, verspannen. Simple past: verspannte. Perfect: hat verspannt.
What does verspannen mean in English?
verspannen means "to tense up / brace". For example: "Seine Muskeln verspannen sich bei Stress." — "His muscles tense up under stress."
What level is verspannen in German?
verspannen is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the pain & injury vocabulary.
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