This is the 459th most frequent German word.
nachdem
"Nachdem" means "after" or "afterwards" when introducing a subordinate clause indicating a sequence of events.
Here, 'nachdem' introduces a temporal clause that expresses an event preceding the action in the independent clause.
Sie rief an, nachdem sie die Nachricht gelesen hatte.
She called after she had read the message.
In this example, 'nachdem' sets up a clause indicating a condition that will be fulfilled first before the action in the main clause takes place.
Nachdem wir den Film gesehen haben, können wir darüber sprechen.
After we have watched the movie, we can discuss it.
In this sentence, 'nachdem' is used as a subordinate conjunction introducing a dependent clause to indicate the sequence of events, specifying what happened before the main clause.