This is the 4312th most frequent German word.
erste
"Erste" means "first" in English.
As an ordinal number, 'erste' means 'first', describing the sequence or rank of an experience.
Dies ist meine erste Erfahrung mit diesem Thema.
This is my first experience with this topic.
Here, 'erste' serves as an adjective to specify the noun 'Eindruck' (impression) as the initial or first one.
Der erste Eindruck ist oft entscheidend.
The first impression is often crucial.
In this case, 'erste' is adapted to 'ersten' to agree in gender and case with the masculine noun 'Bus', indicating it as the first in order.