Polyglot Dictionary

erst

/eːɐ̯st/

adverb A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. only, not until; first (before anything else)

    "Erst" often signals something happened later than expected — "Er kommt erst um neun" (He's not coming until nine).

Practice

1 What does erst mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe das ___ gestern erfahren.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches erst?

See also

adverbtime

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