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Meanings

  1. initially, at the beginning

    1912, Franz Kafka, Das Urteil, in: Arkadia. Ein Jahrbuch für Dichtkunst, Kurt Wolff Verlag (1913), page 53Now he ran a business in Petersburg, which had promised very well initially but seemed to have been stangnating already for a long time, as the friend complained during his visits, which became more and more rare.

  2. at first; initially; at the beginning

    Ich ging anfangs davon aus, dass Hugo mich nur zum Essen einladen wollte.

Examples

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Anfangs habe ich ihr nicht geglaubt.At first I didn't believe her.
Anfangs mochte ich ihn nicht.I didn't like him at first.
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Anfangs glaubte ich ihm nicht.I didn't believe him at first.
Anfangs war ich skeptisch.I was sceptical at first.
Ich habe Tom anfangs nicht geglaubt.I didn't believe Tom at first.
Anfangs dachte ich, Tom sei Kanadier.I initially thought Tom was a Canadian.
Wir dachten das anfangs auch.We thought so too, at first.
Anfangs hasste ich dich.I hated you at first.
Tom hasste Boston anfangs.Tom hated Boston at first.
Tom war anfangs schüchtern.Tom was shy at first.