No. 4,312 in German
erste
"Erste" means "first" in English.
In a sentence
Dies ist meine erste Erfahrung mit diesem Thema.
This is my first experience with this topic.
As an ordinal number, 'erste' means 'first', describing the sequence or rank of an experience.
Der erste Eindruck ist oft entscheidend.
The first impression is often crucial.
Here, 'erste' serves as an adjective to specify the noun 'Eindruck' (impression) as the initial or first one.
Ich nehme den ersten Bus am Morgen.
I take the first bus in the morning.
In this case, 'erste' is adapted to 'ersten' to agree in gender and case with the masculine noun 'Bus', indicating it as the first in order.
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