This is the 133rd most frequent German word.
erklärt
"Erklärt" means "explained" in English.
Here, 'erklärt' is used as the past participle in the perfect tense, indicating a completed action of explaining something.
Er hat mir vorhin alles erklärt, aber ich habe es immer noch nicht verstanden.
He explained everything to me earlier, but I still didn't understand it.
In this example, 'erklärt' is applied in a passive construction, taking the meaning 'declared' to denote an official announcement.
Sie wurde als neue Leiterin erklärt.
She was declared as the new leader.
In this sentence, the word 'erklärt' is used as a present-tense verb meaning 'explains' to describe the action of making the task comprehensible by the teacher.