Polyglot Dictionary

davon

/daˈfɔn/

adverb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. of it, of that, from it

    A pronominal adverb standing in for "von + it" — German never says "von es," it fuses the two into davon.

    • Ich habe nichts davon gewusst.

      I didn't know anything about it.

Practice

1 What does davon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe nichts ___ gewusst.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches davon?

See also

adverbgrammar

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