Top 100 German Conjunctions The most frequently used

This is a list of the 100 most frequent German conjunctions, with alphabetical index.

This list is based on various publications of German vocabulary frequency analysis, combined with an automated frequency analysis of a large number of German publications performed by ourselves.

Mastering this conjunctions list corresponds to level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

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#	Word	Translations	Used as
1	und	and, and (emphatic), still, always	conjunction particle
2	dass	that, so that, in order that	conjunction
3	als	than, as, when	conjunction preposition
4	wie	how, as, like, how much, how many, how far, how old, how (exclamatory)	adverb conjunction particle
5	oder	or, in other words, that is to say, or else, otherwise	conjunction
6	aber	but, however, yet, really, truly, indeed, very, oh, well	conjunction adverb particle
7	da	there, here, over there, because, since, as, then, at that moment, at that time, oh, well	adverb conjunction particle
8	wenn	if, when, whenever	conjunction
9	um	around, about, at, to, in order to, by, by about, um, uh, erm	preposition conjunction particle
10	bis	until, till, to, up to	preposition conjunction adverb
11	weil	because, since, as, well, it's that	conjunction particle
12	denn	because, since, for, then (in questions), really (in questions), what (in questions), then, in that case, well then	conjunction particle adverb
13	wo	where, wherever	adverb conjunction
14	damit	so that, in order that, with that, with it, thereby, with which, with what	conjunction adverb pronoun
15	sondern	but rather, but instead, but also, as well as	conjunction
16	ohne	without	preposition conjunction
17	ob	whether, if, no matter if	conjunction
18	während	while, as, during, throughout, whereas	conjunction preposition
19	sowie	as well as, and also, in addition to, as soon as, once, directly	conjunction
20	bzw.	respectively, or, or rather, as the case may be	conjunction
21	beziehungsweise	or, respectively, or rather, more precisely, specifically	conjunction adverb
22	je	each, per, respectively, the more... the more, depending on, according to, ever, at any time, at some point	adverb conjunction
23	obwohl	although, though, even though, despite the fact that	conjunction
24	dadurch	thereby, by that, through that, as a result of that, consequently, therefore, as a result	adverb conjunction
25	dagegen	against it, against that, in opposition to it, on the other hand, in contrast, however, compared to that, in contrast to that, next to that	adverb conjunction preposition
26	danach	after that, afterwards, subsequently, then, after, once, when	adverb conjunction
27	nachdem	after, once, afterwards, subsequently, thereafter	conjunction adverb
28	bevor	before, previously, beforehand	conjunction adverb
29	wann	when, whenever	adverb conjunction
30	sowohl	both... and, as well as, equally, in both cases	conjunction adverb
31	weder	neither, nor	conjunction adverb
32	sodass	so that, with the result that	conjunction
33	indem	by, by doing so, in that, while, as, by (simultaneous)	conjunction
34	entweder	either	conjunction adverb
35	solange	as long as, while, so long as, for so long, for such a long time	conjunction adverb
36	falls	in case, if, provided that	conjunction
37	sobald	as soon as, once, directly after, immediately, right away, promptly, soon	conjunction adverb
38	weshalb	why, for what reason, which is why, therefore, for that reason	adverb conjunction
39	zumal	especially since, particularly as, above all because, especially, particularly, above all	conjunction adverb
40	desto	the (more/less), all the (more/less)	adverb conjunction
41	sofern	provided that, as long as, if, insofar as, as far as	conjunction adverb
42	ehe	before, ere, prior to, marriage, matrimony, wedlock	conjunction noun
43	umso	all the more, even more, the more, consequently, therefore	adverb conjunction
44	wodurch	by what, through what, whereby, by which, through which	adverb conjunction
45	auch	also, too, as well, in addition, indeed, really, even, and, as well as	adverb particle conjunction
46	noch	still, yet, so far, more, even, additionally, later, in the future, nor	adverb particle conjunction
47	nur	only, just, merely, solely, simply, indeed, do, but, except	adverb particle conjunction
48	so	so, thus, in this way, like this, very, such, therefore, consequently, as a result, well, alright, there	adverb particle conjunction
49	dann	then, after that, in that case, so	adverb conjunction particle
50	erst	only, not until, just, first, especially, all the more, only now, only when	adverb particle numeral conjunction
51	doch	yes (in contradiction), but, however, indeed, after all, really, yet, yes (emphatic), no (emphatic contradiction), come on	particle adverb conjunction
52	seit	since, for	preposition conjunction
53	zwar	although, indeed, it is true that, admittedly, certainly, it is true, that's right	conjunction adverb
54	jedoch	however, but, yet, nevertheless, still, though	conjunction adverb
55	also	therefore, consequently, so, well, anyway, thus	adverb particle conjunction
56	gleich	same, equal, identical, similar, immediately, right away, soon, shortly, as soon as, immediately after, directly after, just, already (for emphasis)	adjective adverb conjunction particle
57	zudem	furthermore, additionally, moreover, besides, also, in addition	adverb conjunction
58	trotz	despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, despite the fact that, although, even though	preposition conjunction
59	deshalb	therefore, for that reason, consequently, that's why, for this reason, for this motive	conjunction adverb
60	daher	therefore, consequently, hence, for that reason, so, as a consequence	adverb conjunction
61	inzwischen	meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, despite that	adverb conjunction
62	statt	instead of, in place of, rather than	preposition conjunction
63	dennoch	nevertheless, however, despite that, nonetheless, yet, anyway, even so, still, regardless	conjunction adverb
64	außerdem	furthermore, moreover, in addition, also, besides, additionally, apart from that	adverb conjunction
65	darum	therefore, for that reason, that's why, so, about that, concerning that, for it, around it	adverb conjunction pronoun
66	außer	except, apart from, unless, except that, outside	preposition conjunction adverb
67	zugleich	at the same time, simultaneously, concurrently, also, as well, moreover	adverb conjunction
68	trotzdem	nevertheless, however, still, all the same, in spite of that, anyway, yet, despite that	conjunction adverb
69	wobei	although, even though, despite, whereas, whereby, during which, in which process	conjunction adverb
70	hingegen	on the contrary, in contrast, on the other hand, however, conversely, while, whereas, whilst	adverb conjunction
71	somit	therefore, consequently, as a result, thus, so	adverb conjunction
72	insbesondere	especially, particularly, above all, in particular	adverb conjunction
73	vielmehr	rather, instead, in reality, on the contrary, but rather	adverb conjunction
74	seitdem	since then, ever since	conjunction adverb
75	ansonsten	otherwise, if not, or else	adverb conjunction
76	indes	meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim, whilst, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, despite that	adverb conjunction
77	wenigstens	at least, at the very least, just, still	adverb particle conjunction
78	andererseits	on the other hand, conversely, on the flip side	adverb conjunction
79	wiederum	on the other hand, in turn, by contrast, again, whereas, in contrast, conversely, then again	adverb conjunction
80	daraufhin	thereupon, subsequently, after that, as a result, consequently, therefore	adverb conjunction
81	demnach	therefore, consequently, accordingly, hence, thus, so, which means	adverb conjunction
82	unterdessen	meanwhile, in the meantime, during that time, whereas, while, on the other hand	adverb conjunction
83	deswegen	therefore, that's why, for that reason, on account of that, so, consequently	adverb conjunction
84	plus	plus, and, added to, advantage, benefit, positive aspect, in addition to	preposition noun conjunction
85	insofern	insofar as, to the extent that, inasmuch as, in that, since, given that, provided that	adverb conjunction
86	soweit	as far as, to the extent that, insofar as, so far, up to now, up to this point, as yet	adverb conjunction
87	seither	since then, ever since, from that moment on, since	adverb conjunction
88	teils	partly, partially, in part, to some extent, on the one hand... on the other hand	adverb conjunction
89	derweil	meanwhile, in the meantime, while, as, during which time	adverb conjunction
90	angenommen	assuming, supposing, provided that, if, accepted, approved, adopted, assumed, taken	conjunction adjective
91	soviel	so much, so many, as much, as many, as far as, to the extent that	pronoun conjunction
92	wenngleich	although, even though, albeit	conjunction
93	folglich	therefore, consequently, as a result, hence	adverb conjunction
94	gleichwohl	nevertheless, however, nonetheless, yet, still, although, even though, despite that	adverb conjunction
95	anstatt	instead of, rather than	conjunction preposition
96	indessen	meanwhile, whilst, during which time, however, nevertheless, yet	adverb conjunction
97	inwieweit	to what extent, how far, in how far	adverb conjunction
98	obgleich	although, even though, albeit	conjunction
99	worüber	about what, what about, over what, about which, over which	pronoun conjunction
100	alias	alias, pseudonym, assumed name, that is to say, namely, in other words	noun conjunction