How to Say ‘On the first day’ in German
Am ersten Tag
ahm AIR-sten tahk
[ahm AIR-sten tahk]
💬 Usage Tip: am is short for an dem and is used with days: am Montag "on Monday", am letzten Tag "on the last day".
Phrase Breakdown
Am
[ahm]
on the
Contracted preposition and article used before days.
Am Montag passt es leider nicht.
On Monday it unfortunately does not work.
ersten
[AIR-sten]
first
Form of 'erste' after 'am', used to say on which date something happens.
Wir fahren am ersten Juli in Urlaub.
We go on holiday on the first of July.
Tag
[tahk]
day
A noun meaning a day; used in the standard daytime greeting.
Wir möchten einen Tisch für Freitag, den Tag nach Ostern.
We would like a table for Friday, the day after Easter.
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