No. 3,826 in German
seitdem
"Seitdem" means "since then."
In a sentence
Seitdem die Schule begonnen hat, ist er sehr beschäftigt.
Since school started, he has been very busy.
In this sentence, 'seitdem' introduces a subordinate clause to indicate the time starting from the school's beginning.
Er hat sich seitdem nicht mehr gemeldet.
He has not reached out since then.
Here, 'seitdem' is used as an adverb referring to the time following a previously mentioned event.
Ich habe ihn seitdem oft besucht.
I have visited him often since then.
In this example, 'seitdem' serves as a temporal adverb modifying the verb 'besucht', indicating recurring actions from a specific time onward.
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