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How to Say ‘With you’ in German

Dabei

dah-BYE

[dah-BYE]

💬 Usage Tip: dabei doesn't translate word for word; dabeihaben means "to have on you". In a question it splits, and dabei lands at the end: Haben Sie ein Foto dabei?

Phrase Breakdown

Dabei

[dah-BYE]

with you / on you

Adverb meaning having something with you or on your person.

Example

Ich habe meinen Pass dabei.

I have my passport with me.

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