Word
Das Training dauert von Dienstag bis Donnerstag.
Meaning
The training lasts from Tuesday to Thursday.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das Training dauert von Dienstag bis Donnerstag.
von
from, of / by (agent in passive clauses)
das Training
the training/practice
bis
until / to (as far as)
dauern
to last / to take (time)
Questions & Answers about Das Training dauert von Dienstag bis Donnerstag.
How do we use von and bis in this sentence?
The pair von ... bis ... is the standard way to say "from ... to ..." or "from ... until ..." in German. You will use it often for spans of time involving days, months, years, or clock times.
Since von is a dative preposition, shouldn't there be an article before Dienstag?
Normally, yes, von forces the following word into the dative case. However, when we use von ... bis ... with days of the week or months, we usually drop the articles completely. So it is just von Dienstag instead of von dem Dienstag.
Can I use dauern for anything that takes time?
Yes! The verb dauern means "to last" or "to take" (when referring to time). It is the perfect verb to use when talking about durations, whether you use von ... bis ... for the start and end points, or für to state the total amount of time.
I noticed it is das Training. Are all English loanwords neuter?
Not all of them, but English loanwords that end in -ing, like das Training, das Meeting, or das Timing, are almost always neuter in German.