How to Say ‘Five years’ in German
Fünf Jahren
fuenf YAH-ren
[fuenf YAH-ren]
💬 Usage Tip: After "in" for future time, German uses the dative plural: "fünf Jahren," not "fünf Jahre." Tiny ending, big grammar win!
🇩🇪 In Germany: Talking about your 5-year future is common in job interviews in Germany, especially for career planning.
Phrase Breakdown
Fünf
[fuenf]
five
The number 5.
Fünf Jahre sind eine lange Zeit.
Five years are a long time.
Jahren
[YAH-ren]
years
Plural of 'Jahr' in the dative plural form, often used after prepositions like 'in.'
In zehn Jahren bin ich vielleicht im Ausland.
In ten years I might be abroad.
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