einst

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German einst, einest, from Old High German einēst, eines (“once”), from ein (“one”). More at once. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔaɪ̯nst] === Adverb === einst once, formerly (a long time ago) Synonyms: früher, (rare) einstens (dated) one day, at one point (sometime in the far future) Synonym: irgendwann (obsolete) once, a single time (a single repetition) Coordinate term: zwier (“twice”) ==== Usage notes ==== Einst is rarely used in informal registers, and tends to have connotations of profound change or historical developments, while früher is also used informally and for smaller-scale comparisons between past and present. ==== Derived terms ==== einstig einstens === Further reading === “einst” in Duden online “einst”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “einst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === einast === Verb === einst supine of einast