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German preposition · CEFR B1

während

Meaning in English: during; while

Rank 156 of 5,000prepositionLevel B1
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Example

Während des Films ist er eingeschlafen.

He fell asleep during the film.

How common is während?

während is number 156 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 551 times per million words — about once every 1,800 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 48% 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. 152das Endeend
  2. 153andereother, different
  3. 154welchewhich; some
  4. 155sollenshould, to be supposed to
  5. 156währendduring; while
  6. 157sondernbut (rather)
  7. 158lebento live, to be alive
  8. 159heutetoday
  9. 160allemall (dative); vor allem = above all

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