No. 1,693 in German
daneben
"Daneben" means "beside it" or "next to it," and can also mean "off target" or "wrong" depending on context.
In a sentence
Er stand neben mir und war ein wenig daneben.
He stood next to me and was a little off.
Here, 'daneben' means 'off' or 'out of sorts', referring to someone's emotional state.
Daneben liegt die Schule, direkt neben dem Park.
Next to it is the school, right next to the park.
In this sentence, 'daneben' is used in its spatial sense, meaning 'next to it'.
Deine Antwort war völlig daneben.
Your answer was completely off the mark.
Here, 'daneben' is used metaphorically to mean 'incorrect' or 'inappropriate'.
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