German adverb · CEFR B1

daher

Meaning in English: therefore, that's why

Rank 238 of 5,000adverbLevel B1
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Example

Ich war krank und konnte daher nicht kommen.

I was ill and therefore couldn't come.

How common is daher?

daher is number 238 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 360 times per million words — about once every 2,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 52% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 234gabgave; there was/were
  2. 235arbeitento work
  3. 236einigesome, a few
  4. 237daraufon it; for it; afterwards
  5. 238dahertherefore, that's why
  6. 239sehento see
  7. 240denenwhom, which (dative plural)
  8. 241geradejust, right now; straight
  9. 242ihnhim, it (accusative)

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