the past perfect

US /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
UK /ðə pæst ˈpɝː.fɪkt/
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Plusquamperfekt

a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past

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By the time I arrived, they had already eaten.
Als ich ankam, hatten sie bereits gegessen.
She had never seen such a beautiful sunset before that day.
Sie hatte vor diesem Tag noch nie einen so schönen Sonnenuntergang gesehen.