No. 1,454 in Dutch
nadien
"Afterwards" or "subsequently."
In a sentence
Nadien gingen we wandelen in het park.
Afterwards, we went for a walk in the park.
Nadien is used here as an adverb meaning 'afterwards', referencing an event that occurred after a previously mentioned or understood action.
Ze hadden veel gegeten, maar nadien was er nog plaats voor een dessert.
They had eaten a lot, but afterwards, there was still room for dessert.
Nadien serves as a temporal connector, indicating the subsequent action of desserts being consumed after the meal.
Hij studeerde hard en nadien haalde hij hoge cijfers.
He studied hard, and afterwards, he achieved high grades.
Nadien ties the effort of studying to the resultant achievement of high grades, emphasizing the chronological sequence.
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