Phrase

zum vierten Mal

for the fourth time

Er fragt schon zum vierten Mal.

He's already asking for the fourth time.

Das passiert jetzt zum vierten Mal.

This is happening for the fourth time now.

zum ((ordinal number)) Mal for the ...th time He is repeating it for the fourth time.

viermal (four times) - an adverb indicating frequency.

Composed of 'zum' (contraction of 'zu dem', to the), 'vierten' (fourth), and 'Mal' (time/occasion). Literally 'to the fourth time'.

The structure 'zum ... Mal' is a fixed phrase for 'for the ... time'. Just swap the ordinal number.

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