37words
27in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
| Word | English | How common |
|---|---|---|
| und | and | #11 1.652% of speech |
| oder | or | #73 0.246% of speech |
| aber | but | #27 0.616% of speech |
| sondern | but rather | #509 0.018% of speech |
| obwohl | although | #759 0.010% of speech |
| weil | because | #123 0.115% of speech |
| dann | then | #65 0.310% of speech |
| da | since | #48 0.407% of speech |
| denn | because | #95 0.162% of speech |
| während | while | #442 0.022% of speech |
| wenn | if | #37 0.501% of speech |
| weder | neither | #1026 0.007% of speech |
| also | so | #87 0.200% of speech |
| sodass | so that | outside the top 5,000 |
| folglich | therefore | outside the top 5,000 |
| deshalb | therefore | #417 0.023% of speech |
| jedoch | nevertheless | #1780 0.003% of speech |
| dennoch | notwithstanding | #1588 0.004% of speech |
| sogar | even | #368 0.026% of speech |
| auch nicht | neither | outside the top 5,000 |
| vielleicht | maybe | #100 0.153% of speech |
| möglicherweise | maybe | #1674 0.003% of speech |
| wie | like | #22 0.670% of speech |
| obwohl | even though | #759 0.010% of speech |
| damit | so that | #129 0.109% of speech |
| damit | in order to | #129 0.109% of speech |
| bevor | before | #266 0.041% of speech |
| nachdem | after | #622 0.013% of speech |
| bis | until | #138 0.102% of speech |
| es sei denn | unless | outside the top 5,000 |
| außer wenn | unless | outside the top 5,000 |
| auch wenn | even though | outside the top 5,000 |
| das heißt | that is to say | outside the top 5,000 |
| mit anderen Worten | that is to say | outside the top 5,000 |
| außerdem | besides | #667 0.012% of speech |
| obendrein | on top of that | outside the top 5,000 |
| vor allem | over all | outside the top 5,000 |
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