German Adverbs
Learning the German Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the German language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in German.
German adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | German Adverbs |
| adverbs | Adverbien |
| I read a book sometimes | Manchmal lese ich ein Buch |
| I will never smoke | Ich werde nie rauchen |
| are you alone? | Bist du allein? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in German has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in German.
List of Adverbs in German
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in German placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your German vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | German Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | Adverbien der Zeit |
| yesterday | gestern |
| today | heute |
| tomorrow | morgen |
| now | jetzt |
| then | dann |
| later | später |
| tonight | heute Abend |
| right now | in diesem Moment |
| last night | letzte Nacht |
| this morning | heute Morgen |
| next week | nächste Woche |
| already | bereits, schon |
| recently | vor kurzem, kürzlich |
| lately | in letzter Zeit, neulich |
| soon | bald |
| immediately | sofort |
| still | immer noch |
| yet | noch |
| ago | vor |
| |
| adverbs of place | Adverbien des Ortes |
| here | hier |
| there | dort |
| over there | dort drüben |
| everywhere | überall |
| anywhere | irgendwo |
| nowhere | nirgends |
| home | nach Hause, zu Hause |
| away | weg |
| out | heraus |
| |
| adverbs of manner | Adverbien der Art und Weise |
| very | sehr |
| quite | ganz |
| pretty | hübsch |
| really | wirklich |
| fast | schnell |
| well | gut |
| hard | hart |
| quickly | schnell |
| slowly | langsam |
| carefully | vorsichtig |
| hardly | kaum |
| barely | kaum |
| mostly | meist |
| almost | fast |
| absolutely | durchaus, allerdings |
| together | zusammen |
| alone | allein |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | Häufigkeitsadverbien |
| always | immer |
| frequently | häufig |
| usually | normalerweise, in der Regel |
| sometimes | manchmal |
| occasionally | gelegentlich |
| seldom | selten |
| rarely | selten |
| never | nie |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in German, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with German Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our German lessons here: Learn German. Don't forget to bookmark this page.