No. 442 in Danish
dengang
"That time" or "back then."
In a sentence
Dengang boede vi i en lille lejlighed.
Back then, we lived in a small apartment.
Here, "dengang" refers to a specific moment or period in the past, indicating a time frame.
Kan du huske dengang, vi spillede musik sammen?
Do you remember back then when we played music together?
In this sentence, "dengang" is used to refer to a specific event or period from the past that is being recalled.
Jeg savner dengang, hvor sommerne var længere.
I miss back then, when the summers were longer.
Here, "dengang" expresses nostalgia for a past situation or condition.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “dengang” in actual Danish podcasts.
Find “dengang” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Danish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into dansk, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Danish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).