German conjunction · CEFR A1
weil
Meaning in English: because
Example
Ich komme später, weil der Bus Verspätung hat.
I'll be late because the bus is delayed.
How common is weil?
weil is number 176 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 487 times per million words — about once every 2,100 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 49% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- The 500 most common German words#176
- The 1,000 most common German words#176
- The 5,000 most common German words#176
- German A1 vocabulary#126
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