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kaum dass

scarcely, barely (temporal)

conjunction KOWM das Rare
Grammar & Structure Conjunctions

Also means

no sooner than

Usage Note

kaum dass introduces a clause describing something that barely had time to happen before the next event: kaum dass er angekommen war, klingelte das Telefon. The verb typically stands in the preterite.

Examples

"Kaum dass sie das Haus verlassen hatte, begann es zu regnen."

Natural Translation

Scarcely had she left the house when it began to rain.

Literal Translation

Barely that she the house left had, began it to rain.

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