No. 4,572 in Dutch
destijds
"At that time" or "back then."
In a sentence
Ik woonde destijds in Amsterdam voordat ik naar Utrecht verhuisde.
I lived in Amsterdam at that time before I moved to Utrecht.
Here, 'destijds' indicates a specific time period in the past when the speaker resided in Amsterdam.
Destijds geloofde men dat de aarde plat was.
At that time, people believed that the Earth was flat.
In this sentence, 'destijds' refers to a historical time frame in the past when certain beliefs were held.
Hij werkte destijds als leraar, maar nu heeft hij een ander beroep.
He worked as a teacher at the time, but now he has a different profession.
The term 'destijds' here references a past period during which he was engaged in his prior profession.
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