German adverb · CEFR A2
deswegen
Meaning in English: that's why, therefore
Example
Ich war krank, deswegen konnte ich nicht kommen.
I was ill, that's why I couldn't come.
How common is deswegen?
deswegen is number 1,362 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 67 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% 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
- 1,358individuellenindividual
- 1,359überzeugtconvinced
- 1,360jemandsomeone, anyone
- 1,361elfeleven
- 1,362deswegenthat's why, therefore
- 1,363geöffnetopen(ed)
- 1,364geeignetsuitable
- 1,365die Karrierecareer
- 1,366der Staatstate, country
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