German conjunction · CEFR B2
soweit
Meaning in English: as far as, so far
Example
Soweit ich weiß, ist er noch im Urlaub.
As far as I know, he's still on holiday.
How common is soweit?
soweit is number 1,028 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 88 times per million words — about once every 11,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% 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
- 1,024das Interviewinterview
- 1,025zusätzlicheadditional, extra
- 1,026suchtlooks for, seeks
- 1,027zeigteshowed
- 1,028soweitas far as, so far
- 1,029Regelnrules
- 1,030vollfull
- 1,031freienfree, open (inflected)
- 1,032benötigtneeded, required
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