This is the 74th most frequent Dutch word.
toen
"Toen" means "then" or "at that time" in English.
The word 'toen' here is used as a temporal conjunction to indicate a specific point in the past when the main clause took place.
Toen ik klein was, speelde ik graag buiten.
When I was young, I enjoyed playing outside.
Here, 'toen' functions to indicate succession in time, connecting events that happened in sequential order.
Eerst werkte ik in Amsterdam, en toen ben ik naar Rotterdam verhuisd.
First, I worked in Amsterdam, and then I moved to Rotterdam.
In this case, 'toen' is used to introduce a subordinate clause referring to the specific moment in time when the action in the clause occurred.