how to pronounce später

/ˈʃpɛːtɐ/

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später is pronounced in two syllables

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ɛː

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An example use of später in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… dass er heute jahre später immer noch …”

meanings of später

adjective:

Strong genitive plural.
Comparative degree of spät.
Later.
Strong/mixed nominative masculine singular.
Strong genitive/dative feminine singular.

adverb:

Later.

später frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word später occurs in german on average 362.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.