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German conjunction · CEFR B1

sowohl

Meaning in English: both (sowohl … als auch)

Rank 383 of 5,000conjunctionLevel B1
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Example

Sie spricht sowohl Englisch als auch Spanisch.

She speaks both English and Spanish.

How common is sowohl?

sowohl is number 383 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 228 times per million words — about once every 4,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 56% 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. 379die UkraineUkraine
  2. 380konntencould, were able to
  3. 381möchtenwould like (we/they/you)
  4. 382wohlprobably; well
  5. 383sowohlboth (sowohl … als auch)
  6. 384Kindernchildren (dative plural)
  7. 385sechssix
  8. 386bekommento get, to receive
  9. 387sichersafe; sure, certainly

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