German adverb · CEFR A2
damals
Meaning in English: back then, at that time
Example
Damals hatten wir noch kein Handy.
Back then we didn't have mobile phones yet.
How common is damals?
damals is number 541 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 166 times per million words — about once every 6,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 59% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 537angebotenoffered
- 538die Saisonseason
- 539dennochnevertheless, still
- 540öffentlichenpublic
- 541damalsback then, at that time
- 542die Politikpolitics, policy
- 543Mitgliedermembers
- 544Seitenpages, sides
- 545die Lagesituation; location
In these word lists
- The 1,000 most common German words#541
- The 5,000 most common German words#541
- German A2 vocabulary#137
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