Connectors & Prepositions
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Vocabulary Words (100)
und
/ʊnt/
und
oder
/oːdɐ/
oder
aber
/aːbɐ/
aber
denn
/dɛn/
denn
weil
/vaɪl/
weil
dass
/das/
dass
wenn
/vɛn/
wenn
ob
/oːb/
ob
als
/als/
as
wie
/viː/
how
so
/zo/
so
nicht
/nɪçt/
not
auch
/aʊ̯x/
also
noch
/nɔç/
still
schon
/ʃɔn/
already
erst
/ɛʁst/
first
nur
/nʊʁ/
only
ja
/ja/
yes
nein
/naɪn/
no
doch
/dɔx/
yes
nun
/nʊn/
now
dann
/dan/
then
hier
/hiːr/
here
dort
/dɔʁt/
there
da
/daː/
yes
wo
/vo/
where
wohin
/voːhɪn/
where to
woher
/voːhɐ/
from where
in
/ɪn/
in
an
/an/
on
auf
/aʊf/
on
mit
/mɪt/
with
von
/fɔn/
from
zu
/tsu/
to
bei
/baɪ/
at
nach
/naχ/
after
aus
/aʊs/
out of
für
/fyːʁ/
for
über
/ʊbɐ/
über
unter
/ˈʊntɐ/
unter
vor
/foːɐ̯/
before
hinter
/ˈhɪndɐ/
behind
neben
/nɛːbən/
beside
zwischen
/tsvɪçn/
between
durch
/dʊʁç/
through
gegen
/ɡəɡən/
against
ohne
/oːnə/
without
um
/ʊm/
around
seit
/zaɪt/
since
bis
/bɪs/
until
ab
/ab/
from
während
/vaːʁdɪŋ/
während
trotz
/tʁɔts/
trotz
wegen
/vaːɡn/
wegen
statt
/ʃtat/
instead
außer
/ˈaʊ̯sɐ/
outside
gegenüber
/ɡəɡənˈʔʊpɐ/
opposite
innerhalb
/ɪnɐˈʁazal/
inside
außerhalb
/ˈaʊ̯sɐʁhaːlt/
outside
sehr
/zeːɐ̯/
very
ganz
/ɡants/
entirely
gar
/ɡaʁ/
completely
mal
/maːl/
a little
eben
/ˈeːbən/
only
halt
/haːlt/
all in all
wohl
/voːl/
well
eigentlich
/ˈaɪçtnɪç/
actually
überhaupt
/ʔyːbɐhaʊpt/
at all
jedenfalls
/ˈjɛdənˌfaltʃ/
anyway
zwar
/t͡svaʁ/
although
sowohl
/zoːvɐl/
both
entweder
/ɛntˈveːdɐ/
either
weder
/ˈveːdɐ/
neither
je
/jeː/
how much
desto
/dɛsto/
the more
damit
/damiːt/
so that
obwohl
/ɔbˈvoːl/
although
sobald
/zoːbal/
as soon as
nachdem
/naχdɛm/
after
bevor
/bɛvoʁ/
before
seitdem
/zaɪtdeːm/
since
solange
/zoːlɑŋə/
as long as
indem
/ɪndɛm/
indem
falls
/fals/
if
sofern
/zoːfɐn/
as long as
jedoch
/ˈjɛdoːç/
jedoch
dennoch
/dɛnˈnoːç/
dennoch
trotzdem
/tʁoːtsdɛm/
trotzdem
daher
/daːɐ̯/
daher
deshalb
/dɛˈzaːl̩b/
deshalb
deswegen
/dɛsˈvaːɡən/
deswegen
also
/ˈalzo/
also
darum
/daːʁʊm/
darum
dafür
/dɑːʁfɔʁ/
dafür
dabei
/daːbaɪ/
with him
außerdem
/aʊ̯dəʁsm̩/
in addition
sonst
/zɔnt/
otherwise
ebenfalls
/ˈeːbənˌfalts/
also
bereits
/bəˈʁaɪts/
already
nämlich
/nɛmˈliːç/
that is to say
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