Fünfmal

Fünfmal is a German adverb that means “five times.” It functions as a multiplicative or repetitive modifier, indicating that something occurs or is performed five times or has a factor of five.

In everyday and formal usage, fün fmal combines the cardinal number fünf with mal, the word for “times” or “occurrences.” It can modify verbs, adjectives, or whole phrases: for example, „Der Film wurde fünfmal gezeigt“ (The film was shown five times), „fünfmal größer“ (five times larger), or „fünfmal wiederholen“ (repeat five times). In mathematical or statistical contexts, fün fmal expresses a fivefold factor, as in „fünfmal so groß“ meaning five times as large.

Orthography and related terms: fün fmal is typically written as one word in lowercase: fün fmal. When numerals are used, some style guides allow or prefer a hyphenated form such as „5-mal“; however, the closed form „fünfmal“ is standard in most continuous German text. Related expressions include fünffach (fivefold) as an adjective, and mehrfach or mehrmals (several times), which convey varying degrees of repetition without specifying an exact count.

See also: fünffach, mehrfach, mehrmals, Mal (German). The concept is widely used across everyday language, education, and scientific writing to denote a precise multiplicative relation or a repeated action.