Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #87
Word (Wort)

da

Translation (Übersetzung) there, since, because
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /daː/
A1
Adverbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common conjunction adverb place location
Adverb of place meaning 'there' (near listener or previously mentioned place). Also used as conjunction meaning 'since' or 'because'. Eighty-seventh most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Da ist das Buch.
There is the book.
location
Ich bin da.
I am there.
location
Da es regnet, bleibe ich.
Since it's raining, I'm staying.
conjunction
Da und dort sehe ich Blumen.
Here and there I see flowers.
scattered locations

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
da ist
there is
High frequency
da sein
to be there
High frequency
da kommt
there comes
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
da und dort
here and there
Expressing scattered locations
da sein
to be present, to be there
Expressing presence or existence
Synonyms (Synonyme)
dort High similarity
There (away from speaker - different location)
hier Medium similarity
Here (near speaker - opposite location)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
hier
Here (opposite location - near speaker)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

dort hier Ort Adverb

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