da
Meaning
-
- there; here
- (temporal) then; so; at that moment
- (colloquial) replaces any pronominal adverb when the context is clear
Concepts
this person
this fellow
this guy
seeing that
that being the case
Synonyms
hier ist
da drüben
da ja
da obendrein
sieh da
solange als
am angegebenen Ort
nun gut
der Kerl
das da
jener Ort
Stelle da
ibidem
dieser Kerl
dieses Ding
an jenem Ort
am Ort
am angeführten Ort
ibid.
ib.
am aufgeführten Ort
dortselbst
an gleicher Stelle
ibd.
genau dort
wo schließlich
zumal da
umso mehr als
wie man weiß
umso eher als
wo doch
umso weniger als
was allgemein bekannt ist
zumal ja
literarisch)
da nämlich
wo ja
wie jeder weiß
ei kucke da
im Augenblick
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
da
Aargau
da
Appenzell Innerrhoden
da
Lucerne
do
Graubünden
da
Graubünden
do
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
do
Basel-Landschaft
doo
Fribourg
do
Basel-Landschaft
do
St. Gallen
dòò
Aargau
de
Zürich
det
Zürich
ume
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daː/
Etymology
From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from Proto-Germanic *þō. The three forms were already sometimes intermingled in Old and Middle High German. The eventual loss of the distinction in modern German was reinforced by phonetic mergers in various dialects. Today, the senses of adverbs 1 and 3 are covered by da, while adverb 2 has been chiefly replaced with hin, dahin. The form dar- remains as a variant of da- before vowels and in some compound verbs (like darlegen, darbringen). Adverb 1 and 2 are cognate with Dutch daar, English there, Swedish där. Adverb 3 is cognate with Dutch toen.
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Sentences
Ab da widmete er 👨 sich ausschließlich der Malerei 🖼️ .
From then on, he devoted himself exclusively to painting.
Wer balanciert da auf dem Schwebebalken ?
Who is balancing on the balance beam?
