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German conjunction · CEFR B1

damit

Meaning in English: so that; with it

Rank 84 of 5,000conjunctionLevel B1
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Ich spare Geld, damit ich reisen kann.

I'm saving money so that I can travel.

How common is damit?

damit is number 84 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 1,074 times per million words — about once every 930 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 43% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 80das Jahryear
  2. 81seitsince, for (time)
  3. 82immeralways
  4. 83schonalready; yet; surely
  5. 84damitso that; with it
  6. 85zweitwo
  7. 86einesa, one (genitive; neuter)
  8. 87sollshould, is supposed to
  9. 88abfrom (on); off

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