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adverbadverb

zehnmal

ten times

So oft, dass es insgesamt zehn Wiederholungen sind.

Definition & meaning

Zehnmal means “ten times” or “on ten occasions.” It can also mean “tenfold” in comparisons.

  • Ich habe es zehnmal gesagt. — “I said it ten times.”
  • Das ist zehnmal so teuer. — “That is ten times as expensive.”

Grammar & Word origin

Zehnmal is an invariable adverb, formed from zehn (“ten”) and Mal (“time” or “occasion”).

It is usually written as one word when used as an adverb: zehnmal. The separate spelling zehn Mal is also possible when Mal is treated as a noun.

Synonyms & antonyms

  • zehn Mal — an alternative spelling with the same basic meaning.
  • zehnfach — “tenfold”; it emphasizes a factor or degree, rather than ten separate occasions.
  • einmal — “once,” an antonym when contrasting the number of occasions.
  • keinmal — “not once,” an antonym in contexts about whether something happened at all.

Common phrases & collocations

  • zehnmal hintereinander — ten times in a row.
  • zehnmal so groß — ten times as big.
  • etwas zehnmal versuchen — to try something ten times.

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Examples

Ich habe die Übung schon zehnmal gemacht.adverb

I have already done the exercise ten times.

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