German conjunction · CEFR A1

weil

Meaning in English: because

Rank 176 of 5,000conjunctionLevel A1
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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.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 172sollteshould, ought to; was to
  2. 173jedochhowever
  3. 174zudemmoreover, in addition
  4. 175erhaltento receive; to preserve
  5. 176weilbecause
  6. 177kommento come
  7. 178nebennext to, beside; besides
  8. 179seinenhis, its (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
  9. 180die Polizeipolice

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