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Daran and dran

The word daran is used to refer to an object, concept, or situation, and generally replaces a prepositional phrase. For example, Ich arbeite an dem Projekt ("I am working on the project") becomes Ich arbeite daran ("I am working on it"), where daran replaces the prepositional phrase an dem Projekt.

 

Und daran muss man sich immer wieder erinnern.

And we have to always remind ourselves of that.

Caption 14, 25 Jahre Wiedervereinigung: Ampelmännchen wird Einheitsmännchen

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Also, daran sollten wir uns nicht gewöhnen.

So, we shouldn't get used to that.

Caption 44, Fußballspieler Maik Franz: "Call a Bike"

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The word dran is the colloquial, contracted form of daran. In some sentences, the two words are interchangeable, and this may depend a bit on what region or country you are in.

 

Fast nicht mehr dran geglaubt

Almost didn't believe in it anymore

Caption 10, Clueso: Willkommen zurück feat. Andreas Bourani

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Das Tolle dran ist irgendwie, dass des alles Wildtiere {san} [sind]

The great thing about it is, somehow, that they are all wild animals

Captions 15-16, Die Alpen von oben: Von den Karawanken nach Graz

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However, there are some phrases where daran simply isn't used. The first example below occurs in a phone call, and the second refers to taking turns. The other phrases also only use dran.

 

Bist du noch dran?

Are you still there?

Caption 58, Die Pfefferkörner: Endspurt

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Was denn? -Los, jetzt bist du dran.

What? -Go ahead, now it's your turn.

Caption 45, Die Pfefferkörner: Alles auf Anfang

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Irgendwie bin ich spät dran, fang schon mal mit dem Essen an

Somehow I'm running late, go ahead and start the meal already

Caption 13, Tim Bendzko: Nur noch kurz die Welt retten

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Das ist furchtbar! Und wir waren schon so nah dran ...

This is terrible! And we were already so close...

Caption 13, Der kleine Nick: Nachmittag bei Adalbert

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An allem, was man sagt ist auch was dran.

In everything that's said there is some truth to it.

Captions 3-4, Clueso Gewinner

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Further Learning

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