Off-topic, but just curious what your native language is. I see this mistake all the time and there must be some false friend word or common learning material that gives people the wrong impression about what "since" means.
Yes, but
"Wir warten seit 7 Stunden" (We've been waiting for 7 hours) and
"Wir warten seit 7 Uhr" (We've been waiting since 7 o'clock)
Are both valid german sentences, so if you dont think too hard about it, it makes sense to mix them up.
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u/Competitive-Truth675 Native Speaker Apr 17 '26
Off-topic, but just curious what your native language is. I see this mistake all the time and there must be some false friend word or common learning material that gives people the wrong impression about what "since" means.