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07-Adverb

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    03-Pronoun

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    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


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07-Adverb

Modal Adverbs (Modaladverbien) 🏃

Learn German modal adverbs (Modaladverbien): manner (schnell, langsam, gern, leise) and degree (sehr, ziemlich, fast, wirklich) — answering wie and wie sehr, and why German usually uses the same word for the adjective and the adverb.

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📍 Modal Adverbs (Modaladverbien) 🏃

Modal adverbs describe how something happens or to what degree.

    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

Modal Adverbs answer questions like:

  • 🏃 Wie? (How?)
  • 📈 Wie sehr? (How much? / To what extent?)

Modal adverbs describe how an action is performed.

Er fährt schnell.
Sie spricht leise.
Ich lerne gern Deutsch.

💡 Tip

Most German adverbs look exactly like adjectives.

AdjectiveAdverb
ein schnelles AutoDas Auto fährt schnell.
eine laute MusikDie Musik spielt laut.
ein guter KochEr kocht gut.

Unlike English:

  • quick → quickly
  • loud → loudly

German usually uses the same word.

  • schnell → schnell
  • laut → laut
  • langsam → langsam

🏃 Manner (Wie?)

Answers: How?

Table of German manner adverbs answering wie (how)

EmojiAdverbMeaningExampleEnglish
⚡schnellquickly, fastEr läuft schnell.He runs fast.
🐢langsamslowlySie spricht langsam.She speaks slowly.
😊gerngladly, like toIch spiele gern Fußball.I like playing football.
🎯genauexactlyDu hast genau recht.You are exactly right.
🔄andersdifferentlyHeute machen wir es anders.Today we'll do it differently.
👍gutwellEr kocht gut.He cooks well.
👎schlechtbadlySie singt schlecht.She sings badly.
🤫leisequietlyBitte sprich leise.Please speak quietly.
🔊lautloudlyDie Kinder lachen laut.The children laugh loudly.

📈 Degree (Wie sehr?)

Answers: How much? / To what extent?

Table of German degree adverbs answering wie sehr (how much)

EmojiAdverbMeaningExampleEnglish
🚀sehrveryDas ist sehr gut.That is very good.
📊ziemlichquite, fairlyDas Buch ist ziemlich interessant.The book is quite interesting.
🔥äußerstextremelyDas war äußerst schwierig.That was extremely difficult.
🥛ganzcompletely, quiteIch bin ganz müde.I am completely tired.
🚰fastalmostWir sind fast fertig.We're almost finished.
🛑genugenoughDu hast genug gegessen.You've eaten enough.
💯wirklichreallyDas ist wirklich schön.That is really beautiful.
🤔vielleichtperhaps, maybeVielleicht kommt er später.Maybe he'll come later.

Related: Adverbs Overview · Sentence Adverbs · Adjectives · Grammar Roadmap

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Thu Aug 13 2026

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