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How to Say ‘For five years’ in German

Fünf Jahre lang

fuenf yah-re lahng

[fuenf yah-re lahng]

💬 Usage Tip: Putting lang after a length of time marks a stretch that's over: zwei Jahre lang "for two years". For something still going on, use schon instead.

Phrase Breakdown

Fünf

[fuenf]

five

The number 5.

Example

Ich habe fünf Euro.

I have five euros.

Jahre

[yah-re]

years

A unit to measure time, equivalent to 365 days or 12 months.

Example

99 Jahre sind fast ein Jahrhundert.

99 years is almost a century.

lang

[lahng]

for (a duration)

After a time expression, 'lang' means 'for that length of time'.

Example

Sie hat drei Tage lang gewartet.

She waited for three days.

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