erst
Speech parts
1. erst - Adjective
2. erst - Adverb
Meaning
First.
Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
once
formerly
erstwhile
at one time
then
early
late
before
previously
already
historically
sometime
hitherto
heretofore
earlier
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Examples
First delight, then instruct (original German: erst erfreuen, dann belehren).
at one time he loved her
her erstwhile writing
she was a dancer once