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Sentence

Sie wurden von der Nacht verschlungen.

Translation

They were engulfed by the darkness (of the night).



Analysis


Sie
     pron. you (polite; singular and plural)
     pron. she
     pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine (die))
     pron. they; them
     es
          pron. it (referring to things)
          pron. he (with reference to male creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter)
          pron. she (with reference to female creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter)
          pron. (for impersonal verbs) it
          art. (regional, colloquial) alternative form of das
wurden
     v. first-person plural past tense of werden
     v. third-person plural past tense of werden
     werden
          v. (auxiliary, with an infinitive, past participle geworden) will; to be going (to do something); non-gloss definition
          v. (auxiliary, with a past participle, past participle worden) to be done; non-gloss definition
          v. (intransitive, past participle: “geworden”) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
von
     prep. from
     prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
     prep. by (with passive voice)
     prep. about, of (a topic)
     prep. on, with (a resource)
der
     art. the; definite article for several declensions:
     art.    Nominative singular masculine
     art.    Genitive singular feminine
     art.    Dative singular feminine
     art.    Genitive plural for all genders.
     pron. who; that; which
     pron. (attributive, stressed) that
     pron. (indicative) him, he
     pron. (differential) the one, him
Nacht
     n-f. night
     n-f. darkness
verschlungen
     v. past participle of verschlingen
     verschlingen
          v. to devour




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