{"id":2976,"date":"2011-08-31T20:30:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2015-02-02T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T10:09:35","slug":"german-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/2976\/german-adverbs","title":{"rendered":"German Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German Adverbs<\/h3>\n

An adverb is a word like \u201cslowly\u201d which is usually used in combination with a verb or an adjective. An adverb will give you further information about when, how or in what circumstances something happens.<\/p>\n

Most English adverbs end with \u201cly\u201d (friendly, quickly, really). German adverbs, however, are adjectives which comment on verbs and do not have a change of ending.
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\nAn example of German Adverbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Habe ich das richtig<\/strong> gemacht? \u2013 Did I do that correctly?
\nEr ist schnell<\/strong> gelaufen. \u2013 He walked fast.<\/p>\n

There are German adverbs which are formed from a noun and don\u2019t comment on a verb. These adverbs end with \u2013weise.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at them closer:<\/p>\n

German Adverbs with -weise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
beispielsweise
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		for example<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
beziehungsweise
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		that is to say<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gl\u00fccklicherweise
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		fortunately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
komischerweise
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		strangely enough<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
schrittweise
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		step by step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
zwangsweise<\/strong><\/td>\ncompulsary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are also adverbs which aren\u2019t formed from either adjectives or nouns.<\/p>\n

German Adverbs not formed from adjectives or nouns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
endlich
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		finally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
heute
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		today<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
immer
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		always<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
leider
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		unfortunately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
morgen
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		tomorrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
oben
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		above\/on top of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sofort
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		immediately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
unten<\/strong><\/td>\nbelow\/down<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some examples of German adverbs not from a adjective or noun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Er ist endlich<\/strong> nach Hause gekommen. \u2013 He finally came home.
\nLeider<\/strong> habe ich keine Zeit. \u2013 Unfortunately I haven\u2019t got time.
\nDas Badezimmer ist oben<\/strong>. \u2013 The bathroom is upstairs.
\nDie neue DVD ist ganz unten<\/strong> in der Kiste. \u2013 The new DVD is at the bottom of the box.
\nWir gehen sofort<\/strong> ins Krankenhaus. \u2013 We go immediately to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The last category of German adverbs in this blog are adverbs of degree. These adverbs describe \u201cto what extent\u201d something is happening.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at them closer:<\/p>\n

German Adverbs of degree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00e4u\u00dferst
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		extremely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
besonders
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		especially<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
fast
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		almost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kaum
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		hardly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
selten
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		rarely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ziemlich<\/strong><\/td>\npretty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some adverbs of degree examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diese Katze ist besonders<\/strong> s\u00fc\u00df. \u2013 This cat is especially cute.
\nAuf der Party waren kaum<\/strong> Leute. \u2013 There were hardly any people on this party.
\nEr ist ziemlich<\/strong> betrunken. \u2013 He is fairly drunk.
\nIch h\u00e4tte fast<\/strong> den Zug verpasst. \u2013 I\u2019ve nearly missed the train.
\nDas ist \u00e4u\u00dferst<\/strong> nett von dir. \u2013 This is extremly nice of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Adverbs An adverb is a word like \u201cslowly\u201d which is usually used in combination with a verb or an adjective. An adverb will give you further information about when, how or in what circumstances something happens. Most English adverbs end with \u201cly\u201d (friendly, quickly, really). German adverbs, however, are adjectives which comment on verbs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15716,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/15716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}