German adverb · CEFR B2
dadurch
Meaning in English: as a result, thereby; through it
Example
Er hat viel geübt und ist dadurch besser geworden.
He practised a lot and got better as a result.
How common is dadurch?
dadurch is number 461 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 190 times per million words — about once every 5,300 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 58% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 457der Beginnbeginning, start
- 458der DezemberDecember
- 459setztsets, puts; sits (sich)
- 460der AugustAugust
- 461dadurchas a result, thereby; through it
- 462setzento set, to put; sich setzen = sit down
- 463die Zusammenarbeitcooperation, collaboration
- 464haltento hold; to stop; to keep
- 465der DienstagTuesday
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