zuvor
before, previously
Definition
adverbMeanings
- 1.before
- 2.previously
Grammar
Grammar that uses this word
- Subjective modal verbs (speaker's stance)Subjektive Modalverben (Sprecherhaltung)
- Inversion for emphasis and frontingInversion zur Emphase und Spitzenstellung
- Extraposition and the Nachfeld (post-field) as a stylistic deviceAusklammerung und Nachfeld als Stilmittel
Examples
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.