German adjective · CEFR B2
damalige
Meaning in English: then, of that time
This is a form of damalig, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are damaligen.
Example
Die damalige Wohnung war winzig.
The flat we had back then was tiny.
How common is damalige?
damalige is number 4,416 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 54,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,412die Entstehungorigin, formation, emergence
- 4,413jährlicheannual, yearly
- 4,414die Ferienholidays, vacation
- 4,415schlichtsimple, plain; simply
- 4,416damaligethen, of that time
- 4,417das Rezeptrecipe, prescription
- 4,418handelteacted, traded; was about
- 4,419sicherstellento ensure, to make sure
- 4,420das Orchesterorchestra
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,416
- The most common German adjectives#798
- German B2 vocabulary#1,058
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.