No. 1,547 in German
ersten
"Ersten" is the dative singular or accusative plural form of "erste," meaning "first."
In a sentence
Das ist mein erster Versuch.
This is my first attempt.
The word 'ersten' here is the masculine form of 'first' in nominative case modifying 'Versuch', meaning 'attempt'.
Am ersten Tag sind wir spazieren gegangen.
On the first day, we went for a walk.
'Ersten' here is used in dative case agreeing with 'Tag', indicating the temporal position of 'day'.
Die Fragen wurden zunächst im ersten Kapitel besprochen.
The questions were first discussed in the first chapter.
The word 'ersten' is in dative case matched with 'Kapitel', referring to its sequence as 'first'.
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