Polyglot Dictionary

als

/als/

conjunction A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Conj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. when (a single past event)

    Used only for a one-time event in the past — repeated or present/future "when" uses wenn instead.

  2. than (in comparisons)

    • Sie ist größer als ich.

      She is taller than me.

Similar words

wenn

Both mean "when," but als is only for a single, completed past event; wenn covers repeated events in any tense, and single events in the present or future.

Practice

1 What does als mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ ich jung war, wohnte ich in Wien.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches als?

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