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Adverbs
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The adverb is a type of word that cannot be declined. Adverbs can project various meanings, e.g. locality (oben, dort), temporality (gestern, danach), mood (gern, so), causality (deshalb, darum), concessivity (trotzdem) and other meanings.
An interrogative adverb (question adverb) asks about adverbs or adverbial connectors, e.g.:
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wo? – dort, hinter dem Haus,
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wann? – dann, in einer Stunde
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wie? – so, auf diese Weise
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warum? – deshalb, wegen des schlechten Wetters
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A relative adverb introduces a relative clause, e.g. wo, when the antecedent in the main clause is a locality reference, or wie, when the antecedent refers to the mood (manner), e.g.:
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In der Wohnung, wo (= in der) wir jetzt wohnen, ist zu wenig Platz für uns.
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Die Art, wie (= in der) er schreibt, gefällt mir.
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A relative adverb can be replaced by a preposition + relative pronoun.
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A connecting adverb connects two main clauses and expresses the relationship between the two clauses in its meaning. The connecting adverb takes, unlike a conjunction, a sentence position (1st, 3rd, etc.), e.g.:
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Ich habe einen DSL-Anschluss. Seitdem komme ich viel schneller ins Internet.
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Ich habe einen DSL-Anschluss. Ich komme seitdem viel schneller ins Internet.
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Further connecting adverbs are as follows:
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Addition:
außerdem
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Time: da, dann, danach, zuerst, schließlich
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Place: da, dort, dahin
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Reason: deshalb, darum, nämlich (nämlich never takes the 1st position!)
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Insufficient grounds:
trotzdem
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Comparison/limitation: allerdings
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Impossible expected or opposite results:
sonst
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