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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "nebenan" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "nebenan" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Dwds gives an example:
nach nebenan (= ins benachbarte Zimmer) gehen
This isn’t referring to a room in the flat of a neighbour, rather the next room right?
I’m wondering what the limits of the word are.
does these work:
Wir waren fast die ganze Woche allein auf dem Zeltplatz. Am Donnerstag hat aber ein Paar ihr Zelt nebenan aufegebaut.
or
Der Tisch steht an der Wand. In untershiedlichen farbenfrohen Kisten sind seine Werkzeuge. Nebenan stehen mehere Flashen.
edit:
actually while we are here also interested in the word order
for this one: Wir waren fast die ganze Woche allein auf dem Zeltplatz.
i have a feeling it might sound more natural with allein at the very end??
“nach nebenan” can be the next room, but also the next building. Depends in the context.
Your example with the campground feels normal to me, though I would have used “neben uns”.
The other example sounds like the bottles are in the neighboring room. if they’re really “next to” here, you’d use “daneben”.
About the word order:
It’s perfect the way it is. If you move Zeltplatz forward, it’d be more natural to move it more.
– Wir waren auf dem Zeltplatz (already established information) fast die ganze Woche allein (THIS is the news now).
The differences are subtle, but your version with the location at the end feels the most natural/default. This changes if you replace Zeltplatz with “da” of course.