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gestern
yesterday
The German word for 'yesterday' is 'gestern'. It is used to refer to the day before the current day, just like in English. For example, 'I saw her gestern' means 'I saw her yesterday'.
Example sentences using: gestern
Ich habe gestern einen Film gesehen.
I saw a movie yesterday.
This is a simple past tense sentence describing an event that happened the previous day, viewing a movie.
Gestern war es sehr kalt.
It was very cold yesterday.
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Wir haben gestern Fußball gespielt.
We played football yesterday.
This is a past tense expression showing that the speaker and some other people engaged in a game of football the previous day.