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German conjunction · CEFR B1

obwohl

Meaning in English: although

Rank 792 of 5,000conjunctionLevel B1
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Obwohl es regnet, gehen wir joggen.

Although it's raining, we're going jogging.

How common is obwohl?

obwohl is number 792 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 113 times per million words — about once every 8,900 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 62% 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. 788müssemust (reported speech)
  2. 789die Bevölkerungpopulation
  3. 790der Alltageveryday life
  4. 791Expertenexperts
  5. 792obwohlalthough
  6. 793die Nähevicinity, closeness
  7. 794größtenbiggest, largest
  8. 795persönlichenpersonal
  9. 796gewinnenwin

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