 | English  | German | |
 | ago [postpos.] [e.g. three years ago] | 1758 vor [zeitlich; z. B. vor drei Jahren] | |
| after {adj} [attr.] [archaic] [later; e.g. in after years] | 57 später [z. B. in späteren Jahren] | |
| quadrennial {adj} [lasting four years] | 52 vierjährig [vier Jahre dauernd] | |
| decennial {adj} [lasting ten years] | 34 zehnjährig [zehn Jahre dauernd] | |
| passing {adj} [years] | 16 vergehend | |
| triennial {adj} [every three years] | 14 dreijährlich | |
| quinquennial {adj} [lasting five years] | 12 fünfjährig [fünf Jahre dauernd] | |
| biyearly {adv} [every two years] | alle zwei Jahre | |
| childhood {adj} [attr.] [e.g. disease, faith, prank, years] | Kinder- [z. B. Krankheit, Glaube, Streich, Jahre] | |
| decennial {adj} [every ten years] | zehnjährlich | |
| decennial {adj} [recurring every ten years] | alle zehn Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| duodecennial {adj} [every twelve years] | zwölfjährlich | |
| duodecennial {adj} [lasting twelve years] | zwölfjährig [zwölf Jahre dauernd] | |
| interwar {adj} [also: inter-war] [e.g. period, years, generation] [period between WW I und WW II] | Zwischenkriegs- [z. B. Zeit, Jahre, Generation] [Zeit zwischen WK I und WK II] | |
| novennial {adj} [every nine years] | neunjährlich | |
| novennial {adj} [lasting nine years] | neunjährig [neun Jahre dauernd] | |
| octennial {adj} [every eight years] | achtjährlich | |
| octennial {adj} [lasting eight years] | achtjährig [acht Jahre dauernd] | |
| quadranscentennial {adj} [occurring once every 25 years] | vierteljahrhundertlich [alle 25 Jahre einmal stattfindend] | |
| quadrennial {adj} [every four years] | vierjährlich [sich alle vier Jahre wiederholend] | |
| quadrennial {adj} [recurring every four years] | alle vier Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| quindecennial {adj} [every fifteen years] | fünfzehnjährlich | |
| quindecennial {adj} [lasting fifteen years] | fünfzehnjährig [fünfzehn Jahre dauernd] | |
| quinquennial {adj} [every five years] | fünfjährlich | |
| quinquennial {adj} [happening every five years] | alle fünf Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| quinquennial {adj} [recurring every five years] | alle fünf Jahre [nachgestellt] | |
| septennial {adj} [every seven years] | siebenjährlich | |
| septennial {adj} [every seven years] | alle sieben Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| septennial {adj} [lasting seven years] | siebenjährig [sieben Jahre dauernd] | |
| sexennial {adj} [every six years] | sechsjährlich | |
| sexennial {adj} [lasting six years] | sechsjährig [sechs Jahre dauernd] | |
| sixish [coll.] [around six years in age] | etwa sechs [nur prädikativ] [Altersangabe] | |
| sixish {adj} [coll.] [around six years in age] | etwa sechs Jahre alt | |
| triennial {adj} [lasting three years] | dreijährig | |
| triennial {adj} [every three years] | alle drei Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| triennially {adv} [every three years] | dreijährlich | |
| triennially {adv} [lasting three years] | dreijährig | |
| triennially {adv} [every three years] | alle drei Jahre | |
| undecennial {adj} [every eleven years] | elfjährlich | |
| undecennial {adj} [lasting eleven years] | elfjährig [elf Jahre dauernd] | |
| vicennial {adj} [every twenty years] | zwanzigjährlich | |
| vicennial {adj} [lasting twenty years] | zwanzigjährig [zwanzig Jahre dauernd] | |
| vigintennial {adj} [every twenty years] | zwanzigjährlich | |
| Verbs |
| to elapse [e.g. years: go by] | ins Land gehen [Redewendung] [vergehen, verstreichen] | |
| Nouns |
| toddler [up to 2 years] | 103 Kleinstkind {n} [bis zu 2 Jahren] | |
| centenary [rare] [period of 100 years] | 61 Jahrhundert {n} [Zeitspanne von 100 Jahren] | |
| teens [teenage years] | 34 Jugendjahre {pl} [Teenagerjahre] | |
| ecol. [dangerous waste accumulated over the years] | 28 Altlasten {pl} | |
| passing [of time, years] | 24 Lauf {m} | |
| hist. [years of rapid industrial expansion in Germany at the end of the 19th century] | 12 Gründerzeit {f} | |
