dazu

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From da + zu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈtsuː/, /ˈdaːtsuː/
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Adverb

dazu

  1. in addition to it, in addition, besides
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:
      Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.
      Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
  2. for that purpose
  3. to it, to that

Further reading

  • “dazu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “dazu” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “dazu” in Duden online
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