deshalb

Adv. that’s why, so; therefore förm.; deshalb musst du nicht gleich weinen there’s no need to cry (about it); die Lage ist deshalb nicht besser that doesn’t mean to say (that) things have improved; er ist deshalb keineswegs gesünder he isn’t any the healthier for it; deshalb, weil because; er tat es gerade deshalb that’s precisely why he did it; ich tue es schon deshalb nicht, weil ... I’m not going to do it for the simple reason that ...

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therefore (Adv.); therefore (Konj.); consequently (Adv.); for that reason (Adv.)

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dẹs|hạlb ['dɛs'halp]

adv conj

therefore; (= aus diesem Grunde, darüber) because of that; (= dafür) for that

es ist schon spät, deshalb wollen wir anfangen — it is late, so let us start

deshalb bin ich hergekommen — that is what I came here for, that is why I came here

ich bin deshalb hergekommen, weil ich dich sprechen wollte — what I came here for was to speak to you, the reason I came here was that I wanted to speak to you

deshalb also! — so that's why or the reason!

deshalb muss er nicht dumm sein — that does not (necessarily) mean (to say) he is stupid

deshalb frage ich ja — that's exactly why I'm asking

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(for that reason: He worked hard, and therefore he was able to save money.) therefore

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des·halb

[ˈdɛsˈhalp]

adv

1. (daher) therefore

2. (aus dem Grunde) because of it

\deshalb frage ich ja that's why I'm asking

also \deshalb!, \deshalb also! so that's why! [or the reason!]

ich bin \deshalb hergekommen, weil ich dich sprechen wollte what I came here for was to speak to you, the reason I came here was that I wanted to speak to you

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Adverb for that reason; because of that

deshalb bin ich zu dir gekommen — that is why I came to you

aber deshalb ist sie nicht dumm — but that doesn't mean she is stupid

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deshalb adv that’s why, so; therefore form;

deshalb musst du nicht gleich weinen there’s no need to cry (about it);

die Lage ist deshalb nicht besser that doesn’t mean to say (that) things have improved;

er ist deshalb keineswegs gesünder he isn’t any the healthier for it;

deshalb, weil because;

er tat es gerade deshalb that’s precisely why he did it;

ich tue es schon deshalb nicht, weil … I’m not going to do it for the simple reason that …

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Adverb for that reason; because of that

deshalb bin ich zu dir gekommen — that is why I came to you

aber deshalb ist sie nicht dumm — but that doesn't mean she is stupid

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adv.

hence adv.

therefore adv.