# entstanden

entstanden is a German adjective meaning “originated”.

## Meanings

1. originated
2. spontaneous

## Examples

- Die ersten Fotoaufnahmen der Welt entstanden in den 1830er Jahren. — The world’s very first photographs were taken in the 1830s.
- Woher stammt das Meer? Wie entstanden die großen Salzwassermassen? — Where does the sea come from? How were those great bodies of salt water formed?
- Niemand weiß, wann die Erde entstanden ist. — No one knows when the Earth came into being.
- Diese Tradition ist in China entstanden. — The custom originated in China.
- Wie ist dieses Missverständnis überhaupt entstanden? — How did this misunderstanding ever arise?

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