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German preposition · CEFR A2

wegen

Meaning in English: because of

Rank 201 of 5,000prepositionLevel A2
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Wegen des Regens bleiben wir drinnen.

Because of the rain we're staying inside.

How common is wegen?

wegen is number 201 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 417 times per million words — about once every 2,400 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 50% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 197gebento give
  2. 198keinno, not a
  3. 199das Thematopic, subject
  4. 200bietetoffers
  5. 201wegenbecause of
  6. 202der Rahmenframe; framework, scope
  7. 203seinemhis, its (dative, masc./neut.)
  8. 204einfachsimple, easy; simply, just
  9. 205machtmakes, does

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