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verarbeiten

to process

verb fer-AR-bay-ten Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

to come to terms with

Usage Note

Verarbeiten in a cognitive/emotional sense means to mentally work through an experience or piece of information. Ein Erlebnis verarbeiten (to process an experience) is very common in psychological language and everyday speech.

Examples

"Es dauerte Wochen, bis sie den Unfall verarbeitet hatte."

Natural Translation

It took weeks until she had processed the accident.

Literal Translation

It lasted weeks, until she the accident processed had.

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