Polyglot Dictionary

längst

/lɛŋst/

adverb B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. long since, a long time ago

    Built from the superlative of lang (long); emphasizes that something happened well before now.

    • Das habe ich längst vergessen.

      I forgot that a long time ago.

Similar words

lange

lange means "for a long time," a duration; längst means "long since, already for a while now."

Practice

1 What does längst mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das habe ich ___ vergessen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches längst?

See also

adverb

Last updated