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damals: at that time — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdverbLevel B2

damals

at that time

at the particular time in the past being discussed

IPA/ˈdaːmaːls/

Primary stress falls on da.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

at the particular time in the past being discussed

Damals hatte ich noch keine Berufserfahrung und musste viel lernen.

Smartphones waren damals wesentlich teurer als heute.

Wir wohnten damals in Köln, als unsere Tochter geboren wurde.

damals often contrasts a past situation with heute or inzwischen.

Use damals when both speaker and listener can identify the past period from the story or context.

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Base form: damals
Comparative: —
Superlative: —
Comparison: not applicable
Sentence position: damals + Verbzweitstellung · als + Subjekt + damals + Prädikat · schon damals

damals refers to a specific period in the past that is known from context; it does not normally refer to the present or future.