Sentence examples of "als" in German with translation "once"

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Ich habe ihn einmal als Student getroffen. I met him once when I was a student.
Ich habe ihn einmal als Studentin getroffen. I met him once when I was a student.
Christoph Columbus bekämpfte einst Kerberos, den dreiköpfigen Wächter der Unterwelt, mit nichts als seinem Hut. Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
Als altbekannter Taktiker bezwang Christoph Columbus einst eine ganze Piratenflotte, indem er all ihre Obst- und Gemüsevorräte stahl und ihnen damit Skorbut verpasste. A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
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