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Temporal adverbs (Temporaladverbien)

Adverbs of Frequency
Locative Adverbs (Lokaladverbien)
Interrogative Adverbs (Frageadverbien)
Causal Adverbs (Kausaladverbien)
Adverbs of Manner (Modaladverbien)
Pronoun Adverbs

Temporal adverbs
Temporal adverbs dealing with the day
Adverb

Meaning

vorgestern

the day before yesterday

gestern

yesterday

heute

today

morgen

tomorrow

bermorgen

the day after tomorrow

Subjective Temporal Adverbs


Adverb

Meaning

damals

then

frher

earlier

jetzt

now

sofort

immediately

gleich

immediately

bald

soon

spter

later

dann

after/then

Temporal adverb gerade


Adverbs of Absolute Frequency
Adverb

Meaning

immer

always

fast immer

almost always

meistens

most of the time

hufig

frequently

oft

often

ab und zu

once in a while

manchmal

sometimes

selten

rarely

fast nie

almost never

nie

never

Adverbs of daily frequency


Adverb

Meaning

morgens

in the morning

nachmittags

in the afternoon

abends

in the evening

nachts

during the night

Adverbs of weekly frecuency

Adverb

Meaning

montags

on Mondays

dienstags

on Tuesdays

mittwochs

on Wednesdays

donnerstags

on Thursdays

freitags

on Fridays

samstags

on Saturdays

sonntags

on Sundays

Other adverbs of frequency


Adverb

Meaning

tglich

daily

wchentlich

weekly

monatlich

monthly

jhrlich

yearly/annually

Forming temporal adverbs by adding an -s.


Noun

Adverb

der Abend
the evening

abends
in the evenings

der Halbtag
half a day

halbtags
half-day

der Feiertag
the holiday

feiertags
every holiday

Locative adverbs of place


Adverb
vorn / vorne

Meaning
in front

hinten

behind

links

on the left

rechts

on the right

oben

up

unten

down

innen

inside

auen

outside

hier

here

da

there

dort

there

berall

everywhere

nirgends

nowhere

hinein
If my child and I are outside of the house and I want to tell him
to go inside (for example, to do his chores), Id say:
Geh hinein!
Go inside!

heraus
If I am outside of the house and my child is inside and I want him
to come out (for example, to cut the grass), Id say:
Komm heraus!
Come outside!

herein
If I am inside the house and my son is playing in the garden and
I want him to come in (for example, to eat), Id say:
Komm herein!
Come inside!

hinaus
If my child and I are inside the house and I want to tell him to go
out (for example, to play in the garden), Id say:
Geh hinaus!
Go outside!

Locative adverbs that indicate movement


Adverb

Meaning

aufwrts

upwards

abwrts

downwards

vorwrts

forwards

rckwrts

backwards

heimwrts

homeward

westwrts

to the west

bergauf

uphill

bergab

downhill

Construction of locative adverbs by adding an -s


In German, locative adverbs are also formed by adding an "s" to
nouns.
Noun

Locative adverb

das Rechte
right

rechts
to the right

die Linke
left

links
to the left

Causal Adverbs
Causal adverbs indicate the reason or origin of an action.

Adverb

Meaning

deshalb

therefore

darum

therefore

deswegen

therefore

folglich

thus/consequently

daher

therefore

Causal adverbs serve as a connection between two sentences,


given that theyre Konjunktionaladverbien
Ich mchte in Deutschland leben, deshalb lerne ich gerade
Deutsch
I would like to live in Germany, therefore I am learning German
It must be emphasized that adverbs occupy a position and by
placing them at the beginning of a sentence, they move the
subject to the 3rd position.
Main Article: Sentence structure

Adverbs of manner
Adverb

Meaning

erstens

firstly

zweitens

secondly

drittens

thirdly

auch

also

ebenfalls

as well

ansonsten

otherwise

auerdem

in addition

Restrictive adverbs
Adverb

Meaning

nur

only

wenigstens

at least

hingegen

on the other hand

Adverbs of quantity
Adverb

Meaning

sehr

very

kaum

hardly

gern / gerne
The adverb "gern" is used often in German and its equivalent is
"gladly".
The construction "Ich htte gern" is very common in German
and means "I would like to" and is used to politely order
something.
gern or gerne are exactly the same but gern is used more often.

Pronoun Adverbs
Pronoun adverbs are the combination of a preposition and a
pronoun and are used only to refer to things (not for living
things).

Adverbs "da-" + preposition


The adverbs "da-" + preposition are used very often and their
translation depends greatly on the context:
Ich habe nicht daran gedacht
I didnt think about that
Adverb

Meaning

daran (or dran)

at it (preposition an)

darauf (or drauf)

on it (preposition auf)

daraus

from it (preposition aus)

dabei

present (preposition bei)

dagegen

against it (preposition gegen)

darin

in it (preposition in)

damit

with it (preposition mit)

darber

about it (preposition ber)

darum

therefore (preposition um)

dazu

additionally (preposition zu)

The prepositions are not exactly the same in German and English
and thus the translation is not exact. Check out prepositions to
get the best translation in every case.

Adverbs hier + preposition


The adverbs "hier-" + preposition have practically the same
meaning as adverbs da + "preposition" though they are used
much less often. Their meaning depends greatly on the context.
Adverb

Meaning

hieran

at this (preposition an)

hierauf

on this (preposition auf)

hieraus

from this (preposition aus)

hierbei

with this or at this (preposition


bei)

hiergegen against this (preposition gegen)


hierin

in this (preposition in)

hiermit

with this (preposition mit)

hierber

about this (preposition ber)

hierzu

for this (preposition zu)

Interrogative adverbs

Main article: Interrogative particles


The most important interrogative adverbs are:
Wie (how)

Wann (when)

Wie alt (how

Wo (where)

old)

Warum (why)

Wieso (why)

Wie viel

Woran

Worber
(what about)

(whereof)

(how

Worauf (where

Worum (what
about)

upon)

much/many)

Wie lange

Woraus (what

Wozu (what
for)

from)

(how long)

Wobei (in

Wie oft (how

which/

often)

whereat)

Wie teuer

(how

Wohin (where
to)

Woher (from
where)

Wogegen
(against what)

expensive)

Worin (wherein)

Womit

Wie weit
(how far)

(whereby)

Comparative and superlative with adverbs


Some adverbs can make comparatives and superlatives like
adjective. This is the case with "bald", "gern", "oft", and "wohl".
Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

bald
soon

eher
sooner

am ehesten
soonest

gern
gladly

lieber
preferably

am liebsten
most preferably

oft
often

fter
more often

am hufigsten
most often

wohl
well

wohler
better

am wohlsten
best

Adjectives functioning like adverbs


In many cases, adjectives can function like adverbs:
Das Auto ist schnell [schnell as an adjective]
The car is fast
Sie isst schnell [schnell as an adverb]
She eats fast

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