es war einmal Learn Unstarted Literal Breakdown Recording English German Learn it es Learn was war Learn once einmal Learn Summary The German translation for “once upon a time” is es war einmal. The German, es war einmal, can be broken down into 3 parts:"it" (es), "was" (war) and "once" (einmal). Practice Lesson "once upon a time" Practice (4) Lesson Learn Lesson words it, once, was etc. View all lesson words Lesson phrases once upon a time etc. View all lesson phrases Themed Courses Miscellaneous 19 Part of Speech Courses Adverbs 4 Acknowledgements English source https://lingopolo.org/dutch/word/once-upon-a-time Audio Google text-to-speech