German word

fünfmal

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈfʏnfˌmaːl/

Meaning

  • adverbfive times

Example

Ich habe das fünfmal gemacht.

I did that five times.

Illustration for fünfmal (five times)

More examples

Er hat die Übung fünfmal wiederholt.

He repeated the exercise five times.

Core concept

One event is counted again and again until the count reaches five.

Common phrases

  • fünfmal täglich

    five times a day

  • fünfmal hintereinander

    five times in a row

  • fünfmal pro Woche

    five times per week

Similar words

einmal: Indicates that something happened once.
zweimal: Indicates that something happened twice.
dreimal: Indicates that something happened three times.
mehrmals: Indicates that something happened several times.

Definition in German

Gibt die Häufigkeit von fünf Wiederholungen eines Vorgangs an.

Word origin

The word is a compound of fünf, meaning five, and mal, a form derived from an old Germanic noun meaning a time or occasion.

Usage tips

  • For a literal count of repetitions, fünfmal is natural; fünffach more often describes a fivefold quantity or structure.

Opposites

Related words

  • das Fünffachefive times as muchnoun
  • fünffachfivefoldadjective

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