erstens
German, adverb/ˈeːɐ̯stns/
erstens is spelled E-R-S-T-E-N-S (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstens is a German adverb meaning “first, firstly, in the first place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an erster Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) auch in übertragenem Sinne”.
What does erstens mean in English?
adverb
- 1
first, firstly, in the first place
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. an erster Stelle (einer Aufzählung, Gliederung oder Ähnlichem) auch in übertragenem Sinne
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 erstens?
- /ˈeːɐ̯stns/
- [ˈeːɐ̯stn̩s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erstens
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erstens in German?
erstens appears 16 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).