als
dieNounas; when (past events)
English translations
- 01
as
- 02
when
- 03
like
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Wort, das Vergleiche oder Zeitpunkte angibt.
- English meaning
- Than, as
- Synonym
- wie, während
- German example
- Er ist größer als ich.
- English example
- He is taller than me.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Als
- Plural Form
- None
Related words
- Alsterwasser
Shandy
- Alster
Alster
- Einbalsamierung
Embalming
- Schicksalsgöttin
Goddess of fate
- Halsabschneider
Profiteer, swindler
- falsifiziert
Falsified
- an der falschen Adresse sein
To be barking up the wrong tree
- schicksalsergeben
Fatalistic means submitting to fate without resistance or complaint.
- bilateralsymmetrisch
Bilaterally symmetrical means that an object or shape has symmetry where one half is a mirror image of the other.
- Hals
The neck is the part of the body that connects the head to the torso.
- Kamelhalsfliege
snakefly
- Inertialsystem
Inertial frame of reference
- Generalsekretär
Secretary-General
- Gebärmutterhalskrebs
Cervical cancer is a cancer that starts in the cervix.
- Hundehalsband
Dog collar
- halsen
To jibe
- etwas am Hals haben
To have something on your neck means to have to endure a bothersome or unpleasant task or person.
- falsifizieren
To falsify
- halsabschneiderisch
exorbitant, extortionate, exploitative
- nationalsozialistisch
National Socialist
- quartalsmäßig
Quarterly
- schicksalsträchtig
Fateful
- Talsohle
Valley floor, trough
- Nationalsozialismus
Nazism
- Nationalsozialist
National Socialist
- Realschule
Secondary school (in Germany)
- Halskette
necklace
- Geizhals
miser
- Wendehals
Wryneck
- Balsaholz
Balsa wood is a very lightweight wood that comes from the balsa tree and is often used in model making.
- Kantonalstrasse
cantonal road
- Falschmeldung
Fake news
- Gebärmutterhals
Cervix
- Falschgeld
Counterfeit money
- einbalsamieren
To embalm means to preserve a corpse by treating it with chemicals.
- in den falschen Hals kriegen
To get the wrong end of the stick
- einen Frosch im Hals haben
to have a frog in one's throat
- aufhalsen
To saddle someone with something
- balsamieren
to embalm
- falsch
false
- quartalsweise
Quarterly means happening every three months or once per quarter.
- halsbrecherisch
breakneck
- waghalsig
Daring, reckless
- halsstarrig
Stubborn
- realsozialistisch
Real socialist refers to the actual, existing form of socialism as practiced in the Eastern Bloc states.
- Äquatorialsonnenuhr
Equatorial sundial
- radialsymmetrisch
radially symmetrical
- brutalstmöglich
As brutally as possible means to do something in the most brutal, cruel, and merciless way.
- Halsberge
Gorget
Example sentences with “als”
Als ich jung war, spielte ich viel. (When I was young, I played a lot.)
Frequently asked questions
When to use 'als'?
'Als' is used for a single event in the past.