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dadurch

thereby

adverb dah-DURKH Common
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

through it

Usage Note

dadurch is a pronominal adverb fusing da ('there') and durch ('through'), meaning 'through it/that' or 'thereby'. It often introduces a result clause with dass: dadurch, dass ... ('by the fact that ...').

Examples

"Dadurch sparen wir viel Geld."

Natural Translation

That way we save a lot of money.

Literal Translation

Thereby save we much money.

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