Yesterday - Gestern (The 821st Most Common German Word)
The translation for Yesterday in German is Gestern. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 821st most commonly used word in German. It can be used as adverb. This word often comes up when talking about time & frequency. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.
Pronunciation
English:
yesterday
German:
gestern
Examples
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| He came yesterday to see you. | Er kam gestern, um dich zu sehen. |
| Yes, I went yesterday. | Ja, ich bin gestern gegangen. |
| He died yesterday. | Er ist gestern verstorben. |
| I went there yesterday. | Ich ging gestern dorthin. |
| Yesterday he didn't go to school. | Gestern ist er nicht zur Schule gegangen. |
| To tell the truth, I don't remember anything I said yesterday. | Ehrlich gesagt, erinnere ich mich nicht, was ich gestern gesagt habe. |
| I feel worse today than I did yesterday. | Heute fühle ich mich schlechter als gestern. |
| I was happy yesterday. | Gestern war ich glücklich. |
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| It is as clear to me as if it were yesterday. | Es ist mir so klar, als wäre es gestern gewesen. |
| The weather was miserable yesterday. | Gestern war miserables Wetter. |
| That is the boy I saw yesterday. | Das ist der Junge, den ich gestern gesehen habe. |
| Your brother spent a lot of time with our teacher yesterday. | Dein Bruder hat gestern viel Zeit mit unserem Lehrer verbracht. |
| I was at home almost all day yesterday. | Ich war gestern fast den ganzen Tag zu Hause. |
| I was home all day yesterday. | Ich war gestern den ganzen Tag zu Hause. |
| The man you saw yesterday was my uncle. | Der Mann, den du gestern gesehen hast, ist mein Onkel. |
| Maybe she will come tomorrow; maybe she didn't come yesterday only because tomorrow she will have more free time. | Vielleicht wird sie morgen kommen, vielleicht ist sie gestern nur deshalb nicht gekommen, weil sie morgen mehr freie Zeit haben wird. |
| I was just here yesterday. | Gestern war ich da. |
| We didn't stay home yesterday. | Gestern waren wir nicht zu Hause. |
| It was colder yesterday than today. | Gestern war es kälter als heute. |
| It was terribly cold yesterday. | Es war schrecklich kalt gestern. |
| There was moonlight yesterday evening. | Gestern Abend war Mondlicht. |
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