herrichten

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːˌʁɪçtən/,
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Verb

herrichten (weak, third-person singular present richtet her, past tense richtete her, past participle hergerichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to arrange
  2. to prepare
  3. to decorate
  4. to renovate
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Das Herrenhaus in Burkahnen war ein ganz altes Gebäude, das ursprünglich keinen Anspruch auf besonderen Stil erheben konnte, aber Dorothees Großeltern hatten es im klassizistischen Geschmack jener Tage neu herrichten lassen.
      The manor house in Burkahnen was a very old building, which originally could not claim a special style, but Dorothee's grandparents had had it renovated in the classicist taste of those days.

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