No. 9,169 in German
längerem
"Längerem" means "for a longer time" or "longer period" in English.
In a sentence
Ich habe seit längerem keinen Kontakt mehr zu ihm.
I haven't had contact with him for quite some time.
The word 'längerem' is used in the dative case, with 'seit' signaling a time span, meaning 'for quite some time'.
Nach längerem Warten kam die Nachricht endlich.
After waiting for quite a while, the message finally arrived.
In this sentence, 'längerem' is in the dative case, used as an attributive adjective following 'nach' to indicate duration.
Das Problem besteht schon seit längerem.
The problem has existed for quite a while.
Here, 'längerem' functions similarly, combined with 'seit' in a temporal context to mean 'for quite a while'.
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