im

Contraction of in dem; in the

Mittelalter

1. Middle Ages
2. middle age
3. (colloquial) Middle-aged person or persons.

wurde

first/third-person singular preterite of werden

sie

1. she
2. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine [die])
3. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine [die])

aufgegeben

• Verb

  past participle of aufgeben

• Adj

diente

1. inflection of dienen: ## first/third-person singular preterite ## first/third-person singular subjunctive II
2. inflection of dienen: ## first/third-person singular preterite ## first/third-person singular subjunctive II

als

1. at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
2. than
3. To the same degree that, as (distinguished from the aforementioned use in that comparison was between equals)
4. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
5. as if
6. but, other than

Steinbruch

• Noun

  quarry (site for mining stone)

• Name