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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From da + zu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈtsuː/, /ˈdaːtsuː/
Adverb
dazu
- in addition to it, in addition, besides
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.- Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
- for that purpose
- to it, to that
Further reading
- “dazu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dazu” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “dazu” in Duden online