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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "davor" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "davor" 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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I want to understand a little the difference between davor and vorher (I understand that zuvor is kinda like vorher but a bit more formal).Let s take one of your examples:
– Ich muss zur Arbeit gehen, aber vorher muss ich meine Brille finden.
Wouldn’t davor here mean something like ,,vor das”, like ,,vor dem Arbeitengehen”? If so, couldn’t I just replace vorher with davor?
Yes, totally! “davor” is just a bit more “pointy” because it has the “da-pointer” in it. “vorher” is less focused but in a context like this, they’re the same.