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German conjunction · CEFR A1

als

Meaning in English: as; than; when (past)

Rank 26 of 5,000conjunctionLevel A1
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Mein Bruder ist älter als ich.

My brother is older than me.

How common is als?

als is number 26 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 4,678 times per million words — about once every 210 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 30% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 22nichtnot
  2. 23werdento become; will (future)
  3. 24anat, on, to
  4. 25beiat, near, with (someone's place)
  5. 26alsas; than; when (past)
  6. 27sindare
  7. 28amat the, on the (an + dem)
  8. 29ausfrom, out of; made of
  9. 30oderor

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