zuvor
before, previously
Definition
adverbBedeutungen
- 1.before
- 2.previously
Grammatik
Grammatik, die dieses Wort verwendet
- Subjektive Modalverben (Sprecherhaltung)Subjective modal verbs (speaker's stance)
- Inversion zur Emphase und SpitzenstellungInversion for emphasis and fronting
- Ausklammerung und Nachfeld als StilmittelExtraposition and the Nachfeld (post-field) as a stylistic device
Beispiele
Wie zuvor war er .
He was nervous like never before.
Wir haben uns zuvor gesehen.
We had never seen each other before.
Am zuvor hatte es geregnet.
The day before it had rained.
Sie war zuvor angekommen.
She had arrived shortly before.
Das hatte ich zuvor nicht gewusst.
I hadn't known that before.
Zuvor wir noch .
Beforehand we still need to go shopping.
Er hatte mich schon zuvor .
He had already asked me before.
Wie schon zuvor gesagt, wir um .
As said before, we start at nine.
Niemand hatte zuvor so gehört.
Nobody had heard such a thing before.
Kurz zuvor klingelte das .
Shortly before, the phone rang.