gestern

See also: Gestern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gestern, from Old High German gesteron, gesteren, from Proto-West Germanic *gesteran. Cognate with English yester, Dutch gisteren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛstərn/, /ˈɡɛstɐn/
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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛstn/ (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Adverb

gestern

  1. yesterday

Derived terms

See also

vorvorgestern; vorgestern; gestern; heute; morgen; übermorgen; überübermorgen

Further reading

  • “gestern” in Duden online
  • “gestern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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