nachmittags
German, adverb
nachmittags is spelled N-A-C-H-M-I-T-T-A-G-S (11 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachmittags is a German adverb meaning “in the afternoon, p.m” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nachmittags is a different word: “genitive singular of Nachmittag”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “am Nachmittag, im Laufe des Nachmittags”.
What does nachmittags mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in the afternoon, p.m.
nachmittags um drei
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Nachmittag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. am Nachmittag, im Laufe des Nachmittags
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nachmittags
- nachm. abbreviation
- nm. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nachmittags in German?
nachmittags 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).