How to Say ‘In the afternoon I cooked.’ in German
Am Nachmittag habe ich gekocht.
ahm NAHKH-mih-tahk HAH-buh ikh guh-KOKHT
[ahm NAHKH-mih-tahk HAH-buh ikh guh-KOKHT]
💬 Usage Tip: Great model sentence: time first, helper verb second, action at the end.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Talking about cooking is a safe, friendly topic in Germany—everyone has an opinion on bread, coffee, or dinner.
Phrase Breakdown
Am
[ahm]
in the
Short form of 'an dem', used here with times of day.
Am Nachmittag habe ich gekocht.
In the afternoon I cooked.
Nachmittag
[NAHKH-mih-tahk]
afternoon
The part of the day after noon.
Der Nachmittag war entspannt.
The afternoon was relaxed.
habe
[HAH-buh]
have
Form of 'haben' used to build the conversational past tense.
Danach habe ich gegessen.
After that I ate.
ich
[ikh]
I
First-person singular pronoun.
Dann habe ich gekocht.
Then I cooked.
gekocht
[guh-KOKHT]
cooked
Past participle of 'kochen', meaning prepared food by cooking.
Zu Hause habe ich gekocht.
At home I cooked.
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