bald.
soon (near in time)
Meaning & usage
soon (near in time)
Bald ist der Urlaub vorbei.
almost (of a changing value that is predicted to reach said number soon)
Mit bald 80 Jahren ist mein Vater noch auf Apfelbäume geklettert.
indicates a rapid alternation of states; now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., sometimes ...
bald Regen und bald Sonnenschein
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.
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