No. 3,976 in German
vergangenes
"Vergangenes" means "something past" or "the past."
In a sentence
Das vergangene Jahr war voller Überraschungen.
The past year was full of surprises.
The word "vergangenes" is used as an adjective modifying "Jahr" (year), indicating that the year being referred to is in the past.
In vergangener Zeit lebten Menschen anders.
In past times, people lived differently.
The term "vergangener" is used as an adjective modifying "Zeit" (time), signifying that the time period being discussed has already elapsed.
Vergangenes ist manchmal schwer zu vergessen.
The past is sometimes hard to forget.
Here, "Vergangenes" is used as a nominalized adjective, functioning as a noun to denote past events or occurrences generally.
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