How to Say ‘It was still cold.’ in German
Es war noch kalt.
ess vahr nokh kahlt
[ess vahr nokh kahlt]
💬 Usage Tip: Nice past-tense weather sentence. German often uses simple past with 'sein' in everyday speech.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Talking about how the weather changed from yesterday to today is a very natural chat topic in Germany.
Phrase Breakdown
Es
[ess]
it
A subject pronoun often used for weather expressions.
Es war noch kalt am frühen Morgen.
It was still cold early in the morning.
war
[vahr]
was
Past tense of sein, used to describe how something was.
Gestern war es sonnig, aber heute war noch kalt.
Yesterday it was sunny, but today it was still cold.
Noch kalt
nokh kahlt
still cold
Indicates that the coldness continued up to that point.
Draußen ist es noch kalt.
It is still cold outside.
Words in this phrase
noch
[nokh]
still
Shows that a condition continued at that time.
Am Vormittag war es noch kalt.
In the late morning it was still cold.
kalt
[kahlt]
cold
Describes chilly weather or temperature.
Im Schatten war es kalt, ja, es war noch kalt.
In the shade it was cold, yes, it was still cold.
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