before

before
be·fore [bɪʼfɔ:ʳ, Am -ʼfɔ:r] prep
1) (at previous time to) vor +dat;
to wash one's hands \before the meal sich dat vor dem Essen die Hände waschen;
I need to go \before 2:00 ich muss vor 2.00 Uhr gehen;
the day \before yesterday vorgestern;
\before one's time vorzeitig;
just \before sth kurz vor etw;
she always buys her Christmas presents just \before Christmas sie kauft ihre Weihnachtsgeschenke immer kurz vor Weihnachten;
\before doing sth vor etw dat;
\before leaving he said goodbye to each of them vor seiner Abfahrt verabschiedete er sich von jedem Einzelnen
2) (in front of) vor +dat with verbs of motion vor +akk;
the letter K comes \before L der Buchstabe K kommt vor dem L;
the patterns swam \before her eyes die Zeichen verschwammen vor ihren Augen;
(encountered first) vor +dat;
there is a large sign \before the house vor dem Haus ist ein großes Schild;
just \before genau vor +dat;
the bus stop is just \before the school die Bushaltestelle befindet sich direkt vor der Schule
3) (higher ranking) vor +dat;
many mothers put their children's needs \before their own vielen Müttern sind die Bedürfnisse ihrer Kinder wichtiger als ihre eigenen;
I'd go to debtors' prison \before asking her for money ich würde wegen der Schulden eher ins Gefängnis gehen als sie nach Geld zu fragen
4) (in presence of) vor +dat;
he stood up \before the audience er stand vor dem Publikum auf;
(for examination, consideration) vor +dat;
our case is coming \before the court this week unser Fall kommt diese Woche vor Gericht
5) (in future) vor +dat;
to lie \before one vor jdm liegen;
the job lay \before them die Arbeit lag vor ihnen;
to have sth \before one etw vor sich dat haben;
you have your whole future \before you du hast noch deine ganze Zukunft vor dir adv
inv (earlier, previously) zuvor, vorher;
I have never seen that \before das habe ich noch nie gesehen;
have you been to Cologne \before? waren Sie schon einmal in Köln?;
haven't we met \before? kennen wir uns nicht?;
that has never happened \before das ist [bisher] noch nie passiert;
she has seen it all \before sie kennt das alles schon;
to be as \before wie früher sein;
\before and after davor und danach adj
after n zuvor;
the day \before it had rained tags zuvor hatte es geregnet;
the year \before it had been rather quiet das Vorjahr war ganz ruhig verlaufen conj
1) (at previous time) bevor;
\before you criticize me, ... bevor du mich kritisierst, ...;
she was waiting long \before it was time sie wartete schon lange, bevor es so weit war;
right [or just] \before ... kurz bevor ...;
just \before she left the house, ... als sie gerade das Haus verlassen wollte, ...;
but \before I knew it, she was gone doch ehe ich mich versah, war sie verschwunden
2) (rather than) bevor, ehe;
\before they testified against their friends, they said they'd go to jail sie würden eher ins Gefängnis gehen als gegen ihre Freunde auszusagen;
they would die \before they would cooperate with each other sie würden lieber sterben als miteinander zusammenzuarbeiten
3) (until) bis;
it was an hour \before the police arrived es dauerte eine Stunde, bis die Polizei eintraf;
\before we got the test results back, a month had gone by wir warteten einen Monat auf die Testergebnisse
4) (so that) damit;
you must say the password at the door \before they'll let you in du musst an der Tür das Kennwort sagen, damit sie dich hineinlassen

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