Adverbs
Adverbs do not change their form. They describe verbs,
adjectives, or other adverbs. Examples sentences :
Früher hat er oft Tennis gespielt. Dann hat er sich jedoch
leider irgendwann seinen Arm gebrochen. Seit dem spielt er
offensichtlich nur noch ziemlich selten. (He used to play
tennis a lot. Then, unfortunately, he broke his arm at some point.
Since then, he has apparently played pretty rarely. )
Common temporal adverbs
heute (today)
morgen (tomorrow )
gestern (yesterday)
vorgestern (the day before yesterday)
übermorgen (the day after tomorrow)
früher (before that; in former times)
endlich (finally)
morgens (in the mornings)
mittags (at noon)
abends (at night; in the evening)
montags (on Mondays)
heute Abend (this evening / tonight)
morgen früh (early tomorrow morning)
gestern Abend (last night)
morgen Nachmittag (tomorrow afternoon)
Common adverbs of frequency
immer (always)
oft (often)
manchmal (sometimes)
selten (seldom)
nie (never).
Important adverbs of degree
ziemlich (rather)
sehr (very)
ganz (quite)
etwas (a little)
sowieso (in any case).
Important adverbs of probability
vielleicht (perhaps / maybe)
wohl (probably)
wahrscheinlich (probably)
scheinbar (apparently)
offensichtlich (obviously).
Common adverbs of sequence
zuerst , zunächst , als
erstes (first)
als nächstes (next)
danach (after that)
dann (then)
schließlich , zum Schluss (in the
end / finally)
zuvor (before)
davor (before that)
währenddessen (during that / during
which)
Common adverbs of causality
also (so)
daher , deshalb , darum
(therefore).
Common adversative adverbs
trotzdem , jedoch , allerdings ,
dennoch (nonetheless; nevertheless ; however)
Common adverbs of modality
eigentlich (actually, really)
leider (unfortunately)
zufällig (accidentally; coincidentally)
interessanterweise (interestingly)
netterweise (kindly)
glücklicherweise (luckily)
absichtlich (intentionally).
Common adverbs of place
hier (here)
dort , da (there)
hierher ([to] here)
dorthin ([to] there)
Common flavoring adverbs
See also:
Adverbial phrases