daraus
German
Alternative forms
- (colloquial) draus
Etymology
From Middle High German darūz, from Old High German darūz, daraūz (“out of that; out of there”), equivalent to dar- (“there; from there, out of there, thence”) + aus (“out”). Compare archaic English thereout.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [daˈraʊ̯s], [ˈdaːraʊ̯s]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: (phonetic) da‧raus, (etymological) dar‧aus
- Rhymes: -aʊ̯s
Adverb
daraus
- out of it, out of that, of it
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 104:
- So hatte Dorothee über ihr Leben entschieden. Denn was nachher daraus wurde, war ja nur die weitere Folge dieses Entschlusses.
- So Dorothee had decided her future life. Because what became of it later, was only the further consequence of this decision.
- hence, from that
Further reading
- “daraus” in Duden online
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