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07-Adverb

    00-Overview

    01-Noun

    02-Article

    03-Pronoun

    04-Adjective

    05-Particles

    06-Verb

    07-Adverb
    • Adverbs 🏃💨


    • Temporal Adverbs (Temporaladverbien) ⏰


    • Local Adverbs (Lokaladverbien) 📍


    • Modal Adverbs (Modaladverbien) 🏃


    • Sentence Adverbs (Satzadverbien) 💬


    • Causal Adverbs (Kausaladverbien) ❓


    • Conjunctional Adverbs (Konjunktionaladverbien) 🔗


    • Relative Adverbs (Relativadverbien) 🔄


    • 07-Adverb Index


    08-Preposition

    09-Tense

    10-Sentences

    11-Conjunctions

    12-Sentence-Structure

    13-Konjunktiv

    14-Voice

    Telc-B1

    Telc-Hearing

    Telc-Speaking

    Telc-Writting

    X-Class-Notes

    Z-Hobbies

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07-Adverb

Local Adverbs (Lokaladverbien) 📍

Learn German local adverbs (Lokaladverbien): place (hier, dort, draußen, oben), and direction (aufwärts, hierhin, hinein) — answering wo, wohin, and woher, with the trick of replacing a place noun with a local adverb.

German
Grammar
Lokaladverbien
Local Adverbs
Adverbs
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📍 Local Adverbs (Lokaladverbien)

Local adverbs describe location or direction.

    Adverbien
        │
        ├── 🕐 Temporaladverbien
        │   └── heute, gestern, morgen, später
        │
        ├── 📍 Lokaladverbien
        │   └── hier, dort, draußen, oben
        │
        ├── 🎯 Modaladverbien
        │   └── gern, schnell, langsam, anders
        │
        ├── 🔗 Konjunktionaladverbien
        │   └── deshalb, trotzdem, außerdem, daher
        │
        └── ❓ Interrogativadverbien
            └── wann, wo, warum, wie

Local Adverbs answer questions like:

QuestionExample Answers
📍 Wo?hier, dort, draußen, oben
➡️ Wohin?hierhin, hinein, aufwärts
⬅️ Woher?(Usually answered with prepositions like aus, von, not adverbs.)

💡 Tip

Local adverbs often replace a place noun.

Instead of saying:

  Ich gehe **in das Haus** --> Ich gehe **hinein**.
  
  Er ist **im Haus** --> Er ist **drinnen**.

📍 Place (Wo?)

Answers: Where?

Illustration of German place adverbs answering wo (where)

EmojiAdverbMeaningExample
👇hierhereIch bin hier. (I am here.)
👆dathereEr wohnt da. (He lives there.)
📍dortover thereDas Auto steht dort. (The car is over there.)
🏠drinneninsideDie Kinder spielen drinnen. (The children are playing inside.)
🌳draußenoutsideWir warten draußen. (We're waiting outside.)
⬆️obenupstairs, aboveMein Zimmer ist oben. (My room is upstairs.)
⬇️untendownstairs, belowDie Garage ist unten. (The garage is downstairs.)
⤴️hintenat the backDer Garten ist hinten. (The garden is at the back.)
⤵️vornat the frontDer Busfahrer sitzt vorn. (The bus driver sits at the front.)
👈linkson the leftDie Apotheke ist links. (The pharmacy is on the left.)
👉rechtson the rightDie Bank ist rechts. (The bank is on the right.)
🚪nebenannext doorMeine Freundin wohnt nebenan. (My friend lives next door.)
🌎überalleverywhereEs gibt Blumen überall. (There are flowers everywhere.)
❓irgendwosomewhereMein Handy ist irgendwo. (My phone is somewhere.)

Table of German place adverbs

➡️ Direction (Wohin?)

Answers: Where to?

Table of German direction adverbs answering wohin (where to)

EmojiAdverbMeaningExample
⬆️aufwärtsupwardsDer Ball fliegt aufwärts. (The ball flies upward.)
⬇️abwärtsdownwardsDer Fluss fließt abwärts. (The river flows downstream.)
👉hierhinto hereKomm bitte hierhin! (Come here, please!)
🚪hineinintoGehen wir hinein. (Let's go inside.)
🚶fortawayEr ist fort. (He is away.)

Memory Map


                         🌍 ÜBERALL
                              │
                 ┌────────────┴────────────┐
                 │                         │
              ⬆️ OBEN                    🌳 DRAUßEN
                 │                         │
        ┌────────┴────────┐                │
        │                 │                │
     👈 LINKS          👉 RECHTS        🏠 DRINNEN (inside)
        │                 │                │
        └────────┬────────┘                │
                 │                         │
              👇 HIER ──────────────── 🚪 NEBENAN
                 │
          ┌──────┴──────┐
          │             │
       ⤴️ HINTEN       ⤵️️ VORN
          │             │
          └──────┬──────┘
                 │
              ⬇️ UNTEN
                 │
              👆 DA
                 │
              📍 DORT

        ❓ IRGENDWO


Related: Adverbs Overview · Temporal Adverbs · Modal Adverbs · Prepositions · Grammar Roadmap

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Thu Aug 13 2026

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