German conjunction · CEFR C1
sofern
Meaning in English: provided that, if
Example
Wir kommen gern, sofern das Wetter mitspielt.
We'll gladly come, provided the weather cooperates.
How common is sofern?
sofern is number 1,064 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 85 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,060das Zentrumcentre
- 1,061Wegeways, paths
- 1,062Schülernpupils, students (dative)
- 1,063ehemaligenformer
- 1,064sofernprovided that, if
- 1,065der Anschlussconnection
- 1,066gesagtsaid
- 1,067egalall the same, doesn't matter
- 1,068betonteemphasised, stressed
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