Dictionary English German: [past]

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English German
once {adv} [at some time in the past]
890
einst [geh.] [früher (einmal), vor langer Zeit]
illustrious {adj} [deeds, past]
492
glorreich
colorful {adj} [fig.] [Am.] [e.g. colorful past]
341
bewegt [fig.] [z. B. bewegte Vergangenheit]
wrought {adj} {past-p} [past-p of wreak]
310
angerichtet [bewirkt] [Schaden, Unheil etc.]
yore {adv} [obs.] [in the past, long ago]
226
vormals <vorm.>
once {conj} [with past tense]
114
als
checkered {adj} [Am.] [past, history, career]
91
wechselhaft
sb./sth. passes [goes past]
87
jd./etw. passiert
yore {adv} [obs.] [in the past, long ago]
70
ehedem [geh.]
once {adv} [at some time in the past, formerly]
64
einstmals [geh.] [früher (einmal)]
hidebound {adj} [oriented toward the past, reactionary]
54
rückwärtsgewandt [auf Vergangenes gerichtet, reaktionär]
showed {past-p} [rare for shown as a past-p]
48
gezeigt
sb./sth. passed [went past]
44
jd./etw. passierte
once {adv} [at some time in the past, formerly]
42
vormals <vorm.>
unblemished {adj} [past]
40
lupenrein [fig.]
chequered {adj} [Br.] [past, history, career]
25
wechselhaft
prestigious {adj} [past]
24
glanzvoll [Vergangenheit]
molten {adj} [archaic] [past-p]
19
zerflossen
once {adv} [at some time in the past, formerly]
18
einstens [geh.] [früher (einmal), vor langer Zeit]
hidden {adj} {past-p} [activities, past etc]
17
verheimlicht
sb. spake [archaic] [spoke, past tense of speak]
14
jd. sprach
[you] thrust [past tense]
13
[du] stießest
sb. wotted [archaic past tense from 'to wit']
13
jd. wusste
relig. transfiguring {adj} {pres-p} [elevating, exalting] [also fig.: sb.'s face, the past, etc.]
9
verklärend [auch fig.: jds. Gesicht, die Vergangenheit]
quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."]Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“]
always {adv} [throughout a long period of the past]immer schon
always {adv} [throughout a long period of the past]schon immer
checkered {adj} [Am.] [past]bunt schillernd [Vergangenheit]
chequered {adj} [Br.] [past]bunt schillernd [Vergangenheit]
colourful {adj} [fig.] [Br.] [e.g. colourful past]bewegt [fig.] [z. B. bewegte Vergangenheit]
Methought ... [archaic or hum.] [past tense of methinks]Mich dünkte ... [veraltet]
overblown {adj} [past its prime]am Verblühen
Verbs
to pass [go past, go by]
627
passieren [vorbeigehen]
to pass sb./sth. [go past, leave behind]an jdm./etw. vorbeikommen [gelangen und weitergehen oder -fahren]
to pass sth. [walk by, go past]an etw.Dat. vorbeigehen
Nouns
stint [limited time spent swh. or spent doing a job in the past]
63
Zeit {f} [an einem Ort, in einem Beruf verbrachte Zeit]
hangover [custom etc. that survives from the past]
45
Überbleibsel {n} [ugs.] [fig.]
hangover [fig.] [sth. unpleasant left over from the past]
41
Altlast {f} [fig.] [Belastendes aus der Vergangenheit]
background [personal past]
20
Vergangenheit {f} [geistige Herkunft]
murkiness [of past]
6
Dunkel {n}
hist. pol. ["brown spots," i.e. hints of a Nazi past]braune Flecken {pl} [fig.]
[a politician or manager past his zenith]Sesselkleber {m} [österr.] [schweiz.]
2 Words: Others
for hours {adv} [+present perfect or past perfect]seit Stunden
for hours {adv} [+present tense or past tense]stundenlang
sb./sth. would be [future in the past]jd./etw. würde sein
that night {adv} [in the past]in jener Nacht [geh.]
2 Words: Verbs
to be gone [finished, past]vorbei sein
to let sth. go [fig.] [e.g. let the past go]etw.Akk. auf sich beruhen lassen [z. B. die Vergangenheit]
to rake up sth. [past]etw. aufwärmen [fig.]
to see over sth. [past sth.]über etw.Akk. hinwegschauen [regional] [darüber hinwegblicken]
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