dabei

Meaning

  1. (adverb,form-of,pronominal) pronominal adverb of bei (replaces bei + demonstrative or personal pronoun, unless referring to people)
  2. with one, on one
  3. indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction)
  4. in the process of
  5. thereby, thus

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

debii

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

debi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

derbyy

Zürich

Zürich

dabei

Zürich

Zürich

debi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/daˑˈbaɪ̯/
Etymology

da + bei. Compare English thereby, Yiddish דערבײַ (derbay).

New
bei

  1. (locative) by; near
  2. at
  3. for; at; in
  4. (formal,reflexive) with; on
  5. upon, at the time of
  6. in case of, in the event of
  7. during; while; during the existence of
  8. over; during
  9. (dated) care of; via
  10. (dialectal,nonstandard) with, to, towards

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