Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #6
Word (Wort)

von

Translation (Übersetzung) from, of
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /fɔn/
A1
Prepositions
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common preposition dative
Preposition indicating origin, possession, or source. Always takes dative case. Sixth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich komme von Berlin.
I come from Berlin.
origin
Das ist das Auto von meinem Bruder.
That is my brother's car.
possession
Das Buch wurde von ihm geschrieben.
The book was written by him.
passive agent

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
von Berlin
from Berlin
High frequency
von mir
from me, of me
High frequency
das Buch von Goethe
the book by Goethe
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
von Zeit zu Zeit
from time to time
Occasionally, periodically
Synonyms (Synonyme)
aus High similarity
From (origin, but different usage)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
zu
To (opposite direction)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

aus zu nach Präposition

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