seit

since, for

The 86th most frequent word in German, appearing about 1,012 times per million words.

Type

preposition

Frequency rank

#86

Per million words

1,012

Used with the present tense for something still going on: Ich wohne seit drei Jahren hier — I have lived here for three years.

In a sentence

Which case does it take?

Always takes the dative.

Related words

Other words of the same kind, at nearby frequency:

• ab from, as of
• unter under, among
• gegen against, around
• bis until, up to
• durch through
• über over, about

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