German conjunction · CEFR B1
entweder
Meaning in English: either (entweder … oder)
Example
Entweder wir gehen jetzt, oder wir bleiben ganz.
Either we go now or we stay for good.
How common is entweder?
entweder is number 1,550 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 59 times per million words — about once every 17,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 68% 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
- 1,546setzteset, put, sat (oneself) down
- 1,547der Auftrittappearance, performance
- 1,548wirkento seem, to work, to have an effect
- 1,549diesmalthis time
- 1,550entwedereither (entweder … oder)
- 1,551die Postpost, mail, post office
- 1,552kämpfento fight, to struggle
- 1,553freiefree, vacant
- 1,554freutpleases, is glad (sich freuen)
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