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How to Say ‘On the first of March’ in German

Am ersten März

ahm AIR-sten mairts

[ahm AIR-sten mairts]

💬 Usage Tip: For dates, German uses am plus the ordinal number ending in -en: am zweiten Mai "on the second of May". In writing this is often shortened to am 1. März.

Phrase Breakdown

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

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.

Example

Wir fahren am ersten Juli in Urlaub.

We go on holiday on the first of July.

März

[mairts]

March

The third month of the year.

Example

Im März beginnt der Frühling.

Spring begins in March.

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