German conjunction · CEFR B2
indem
Meaning in English: by (doing)
Example
Man lernt eine Sprache, indem man sie spricht.
You learn a language by speaking it.
How common is indem?
indem is number 871 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 101 times per million words — about once every 9,900 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 63% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 867sogenannteso-called
- 868meinermy (dat./gen. feminine); mine
- 869die Basisbasis, base
- 870Spielegames, matches
- 871indemby (doing)
- 872wichtigstenmost important
- 873die Webseiteweb page, website
- 874gefördertfunded, supported, promoted
- 875die Verbindungconnection
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