German adverbial phrases

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An adverb is a word that modifies the meaning of a verb, and an adverbial phrase is a combination of words that perform the same function. The German language includes several different kinds of adverbial phrases.

German, for example, uses adverbial phrases to indicate "change of orientation", such as "nach rechts, nach links, schrag, scharf (‘to the right’, ‘to the left’, ‘diagonally’, ‘sharply’)".^[1]