ehemals
German, adverb/ˈʔeːəmaːls/
ehemals is spelled E-H-E-M-A-L-S (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehemals is a German adverb meaning “formerly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor langer Zeit, einst”.
What does ehemals mean in English?
adverb
- 1
formerly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. vor langer Zeit, einst
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ehemals?
- /ˈʔeːəmaːls/
- [ˈeːəˌmaːls]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ehemals
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ehemals in German?
ehemals appears 9.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).