German adverb · CEFR A2

deshalb

Meaning in English: that's why, therefore

Rank 251 of 5,000adverbLevel A2
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Example

Es regnet, deshalb nehmen wir das Auto.

It's raining, so we're taking the car.

How common is deshalb?

deshalb is number 251 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 345 times per million words — about once every 2,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 52% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 247davonof it, from it; about it
  2. 248die Weltworld
  3. 249konntecould, was able to
  4. 250die Verfügungdisposal (zur Verfügung)
  5. 251deshalbthat's why, therefore
  6. 252gehento go, to walk
  7. 253der Fallcase; fall
  8. 254hattenhad (we/they)
  9. 255der Ortplace, village

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