Nach, nachdem or danach? How to say 'after' and 'during' in German
Coffee Break German
Radio Lingua Network
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
English gets by with one little word, after, but German has three: nach, nachdem and danach. In this episode, Thomas picks up where the 'before' episode left off and shows you when to use each one, along with während, the single German word for during. He finishes with some handy vocabulary for saying just, right and directly before or after something.
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| 0:00.0 | Ayn Wondershomen, good morning, |
| 0:03.3 | day or, |
| 0:04.3 | maybe also even |
| 0:05.4 | I am back with a new |
| 0:08.2 | coffee break German lesson |
| 0:09.7 | and today we are continuing |
| 0:12.1 | our quest to learn all the |
| 0:14.5 | German words for |
| 0:15.7 | before, after |
| 0:17.9 | and during. |
| 0:20.0 | Now in the last episode we had a good look at 4, B4 and Darfur, all meaning before in English. |
| 0:29.3 | If you miss that or if you're not familiar with the differences between those words, |
| 0:34.3 | then I would recommend listening to the previous episode first. If you do know what I'm talking about already, then I would recommend listening to the previous episode first. |
| 0:38.3 | If you do know what I'm talking about already, then today will be easy for you, because the rules for after and during are very similar. |
| 0:48.2 | So, what we're waiting. |
| 0:50.7 | Let's have a look at nach, after, and then the first |
| 0:55.2 | one. |
| 1:10.4 | Let's start with our first word, and that's the easiest one. |
| 1:12.7 | Nah, the preposition. |
| 1:19.4 | Now, just like we used for plus a noun to say before, we can do the same with nach. |
| 1:22.3 | We can use nach plus a noun to say after. |
| 1:29.0 | For example, nach der Arbite would be after work or nach mynum unfall would be after my accident. |
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