gestern

See also: Gestern

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• gesting, gestring

Etymology

From Middle High German gestern, from Old High German gesteron, gesteren, from Proto-West Germanic *gesteran. Cognate with German gestern, English yester, Dutch gisteren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊estɐn/

Adverb

gestern

1. yesterday

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gestern, from Old High German gesteron, gesteren, from Proto-West Germanic *gesteran. Cognate with English yester, Dutch gisteren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛstərn/, /ˈɡɛstɐn/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛstn/ (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Adverb

gestern

1. yesterday

Derived terms

• gesternabend, gestern abend, gestern Abend
• von gestern

Related terms

• gestrig

See also

vorvorgestern; vorgestern; gestern; heute; morgen; übermorgen; überübermorgen

Further reading

• “gestern” in Duden online
• “gestern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)