German conjunction · CEFR A1
denn
Meaning in English: because; then (in questions)
Example
Ich bleibe zu Hause, denn ich bin krank.
I'm staying at home because I'm ill.
How common is denn?
denn is number 129 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 668 times per million words — about once every 1,500 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 47% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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In these word lists
- The 500 most common German words#129
- The 1,000 most common German words#129
- The 5,000 most common German words#129
- German A1 vocabulary#104
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