The German word for yesterday is
gestern
German Definition
| yesterday | |
| Adverb: | |
| [1] gestern | |
| [1] He arrived only yesterday. | |
| Er kam gerade gestern an. | |
| Substantiv: | |
| [1] Gestern; der gestrige Tag | |
| [2] übertragen: vergangene Zeiten; die frühere, damalige Zeit | |
| [1] Yesterday was rainy and cold all day. | |
| ›Gestern war es die ganze Zeit regnerisch und kalt.‹ | |
| [2] Many grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday. | |
| Viele Großeltern denken immer an alte Zeiten zurück. | |
| [2] Today's cars aren't all that different from the models of yesterday. | |
| Heutige Autos unterscheiden sich kaum von den Modellen von damals. |
Translations for yesterday and their definitions
| Gestern |  © | ||
| n. yesterday (the recent past) | |||
| adv. yesterday | |||
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