erste

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest

• It's not the first time.

  Es ist nicht das erste Mal.

  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

• It's my first time here.

  Ich bin zum ersten Mal hier.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

erste

Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest

erste

Of or belonging to a first familyselten

erste

Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numberingselten

Before anything else; firstly

• Better if you go first.

  Geh besser du zuerst!

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• I thought so at first.

  Anfangs dachte ich das.

  Tatoeba · Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

For the first time