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da-Compounds
Da-Komposita
Where a preposition would be followed by a pronoun standing for a thing rather than a person, German fuses the two: damit, darauf, davon. An r appears between them when the preposition begins with a vowel.
Sentences that use it(16 of 16)
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"Wir wollen den Aufbruch, das ist auf dieser Klausur nochmal deutlich geworden", sagte der Vizekanzler im Interview mit den tagesthemen. Es gehe jetzt darum, das Land wirtschaftlich wieder stärker zu machen.
"We want a fresh start – that became clear once again at this retreat," said the vice-chancellor in an interview with the tagesthemen news programme. He said the task now was to make the country economically stronger again.
Pronominal adverb da(r)+um replaces 'um + noun' and points forward to the zu-infinitive clause.
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"Und das wollen wir jetzt anpacken." Dabei appellierte der SPD-Politiker in den tagesthemen auch an die Geschlossenheit bei bevorstehenden schwierigen Entscheidungen.
And that is what we want to tackle now." In the tagesthemen news programme, the SPD politician also called for unity in the face of upcoming difficult decisions.
'Dabei' refers back to the preceding statement, connecting the two sentences.
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In den tagesthemen appellierte der SPD-Chef auch an die Geschlossenheit der Koalition: Es gehe jetzt darum, das Land wieder stärker zu machen.
In the Tagesthemen news programme, the SPD leader also appealed for unity within the coalition: the country, he said, now needed to be made strong again.
'Darum' points forward to the following infinitive clause as its correlate.
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Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) betont beim Thema CO2-Preis, die soziale Akzeptanz "dabei fest im Blick" zu haben.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) stresses that, on the subject of the CO2 price, he is keeping social acceptance firmly in view.
Dabei refers back to the previously mentioned CO2 price issue.
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Zwei Hubschrauber mit Löschwasserbehältern würden dafür bereitgestellt, teilte das Bundesverteidigungsministerium mit.
Two helicopters with water tanks for firefighting would be provided, the Federal Ministry of Defence announced.
dafür = da(r)- + für refers back to the previously mentioned purpose.
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Zuvor hatten verschiedene SPD-Ministerien dafür plädiert, Klima- und Hitzeschutz im Grundgesetz festzuschreiben.
Previously, various SPD ministries had called for climate protection and heat protection to be enshrined in the constitution.
da(r)- + preposition replaces für + a thing, here pointing forward to the following clause.
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Man macht sich starke Hoffnung, dass das in Sachsen-Anhalt gelingen könnte, und die Zahlen sprechen dafür, dass das nicht ganz unrealistisch ist." Auf der Habenseite in Sachsen-Anhalt: Mit mehr als elf Prozent das beste Landesergebnis bei der vergangenen Bundestagswahl - und damit drittstärkste Kraft hinter AfD und CDU. Heute allerdings: In Wahlumfragen mal knapp drin, mal unter vier Prozent.
"One has strong hopes that this could succeed in Saxony-Anhalt, and the figures suggest that it is not entirely unrealistic." On the credit side in Saxony-Anhalt: with more than eleven percent, the best state result at the last federal election - and thus the third-strongest force behind the AfD and the CDU. Today, however: sometimes just barely in, sometimes below four percent in opinion polls.
'dafür' replaces 'für das' and points forward to the following dass-clause.
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Bundesjustizministerin Hubig sprach sich dafür aus, das zu ändern.
Federal Minister of Justice Hubig spoke out in favour of changing that.
'dafür' replaces 'für das' and points forward to the following infinitive clause naming what she favoured.
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Bislang haben Mieter keinen gesetzlichen Anspruch darauf, eine Klimaanlage in der Wohnung einbauen zu dürfen.
So far, tenants have had no legal right to be allowed to install an air conditioner in the apartment.
'Darauf' refers forward to the following infinitive clause, a standard way to attach clauses to fixed prepositions.
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Dafür hat das Ifo-Institut Vorschläge der Arbeiterwohlfahrt durchgerechnet, sagt Studienleiter Maximilian Brömel vom Ifo-Zentrum für Finanzwissenschaft. Wie die Sozialstaatskommission schlägt die AWO vor, Grundsicherung, Wohngeld und Kinderzuschlag zu einer neuen Leistung für erwerbsfähige Menschen zu bündeln. Dazu kommt ein "Erwerbsbooster" - ein finanzieller Anreiz, eine sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung aufzunehmen.
The Ifo Institute has run the numbers on proposals by the Workers' Welfare Association, says study director Maximilian Brömel of the Ifo Center for Public Finance. Like the Social State Commission, the AWO proposes bundling basic income support, housing benefit and the child supplement into a single new benefit for people able to work. Added to this comes an 'employment booster' – a financial incentive to take up employment subject to social insurance contributions.
da(r)- plus preposition refers to a fact stated elsewhere in the discourse.
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Viel davon wird mit der Gießkanne verteilt, über sogenannte Direktzahlungen.
Much of it is distributed with the watering can, via so-called direct payments.
'davon' = da(r) + von, referring back to a previously mentioned quantity.
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Die Indizien sprächen deutlich dafür, dass ein mittlerweile verstorbener Mann das Feuer gelegt habe, teilte die Behörde mit. Das Gebäude der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern war am Abend des 13. Februar 1970 mit einem Benzingemisch angezündet worden.
The evidence, the authorities announced, clearly pointed to a meanwhile deceased man having started the fire. The building of the Israelite Religious Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria had been set alight with a petrol mixture on the evening of 13 February 1970.
The pronominal adverb dafür (da+für) stands in for the prepositional object and cataphorically points to the following dass-clause.
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Mehr als 56 Jahre nach einem Brandanschlag auf ein jüdisches Seniorenheim in München ist die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft davon überzeugt, dass die Tat von einem rechtsextremen Einzeltäter begangen wurde.
More than 56 years after an arson attack on a Jewish old people's home in Munich, the public prosecutor's office is convinced that the crime was committed by a lone right-wing extremist perpetrator.
davon is the da-compound of von dem, pointing forward to the dass-clause
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Die Fall konnte nicht aufgeklärt werden - bis jetzt: Die Ermittler sind davon überzeugt, dass ein damals 25-jähriger Neonazi das Feuer legte.
The case could not be cleared up — until now: the investigators are convinced that a then 25-year-old neo-Nazi set the fire.
davon points forward to the dass-clause as the object of überzeugt sein
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Willingmann, graue Haare, grauer Bart, langjähriger Professor, machte in den vergangenen Wochen keinen Hehl daraus, dass er von der Bundes-SPD und von den Entscheidungen aus Berlin bisher keinen Rückenwind für seinen Wahlkampf bekommen hat.
Willingmann, grey hair, grey beard, a long-serving professor, made no secret in recent weeks of the fact that so far he has received no tailwind for his election campaign from the federal SPD or from the decisions coming out of Berlin.
'daraus' links the fixed expression to the following dass-clause.
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Seit dem 29. Juli hatte sich Friedrich Merz nicht öffentlich gezeigt und war dafür von vielen Seiten kritisiert worden.
Since 29 July, Friedrich Merz had not appeared in public and had been criticised for it from many quarters.
'Dafür' refers back to the previously mentioned fact (his absence) without repeating a noun phrase.
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