da·dụrch

adverb

1 (durch diese Öffnung hindurch) through it, through them; (formal) (wodurch) through which;

soll ich dadurch gehen oder dadurch? should I go through this one or that one or through here or through there?

2 (durch diesen Umstand) as a result; (durch dieses Mittel) in this way, by this [means];

ich nehme den D-Zug, dadurch bin ich zwanzig Minuten eher da I'll take the express, that way I'll get there twenty minutes earlier;

er hat sich dadurch selbst geschadet by doing this he has damaged his own interests

dadurch, dass er es [nicht] tat, konnte er … as a result of [not] doing it or by [not] doing it he was able to …;

dadurch, dass er älter ist, hat er einige Vorteile he has several advantages by virtue of being older or because he is older;

s. auch da-