How is the word damals translated from German to English

English translation
back then
adverb

In einer bestimmten Zeit in der Vergangenheit.

At a particular time in the past.

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  • Damals wohnten wir noch in Moskau. — Back then we still lived in Moscow.

  • Damals gab es noch keine Handys. — There were no mobile phones back then.

  • Ich war damals zehn Jahre alt. — I was ten years old at the time.

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