German adverb · CEFR B2
weshalb
Meaning in English: why; which is why
Example
Weshalb bist du gestern nicht gekommen?
Why didn't you come yesterday?
How common is weshalb?
weshalb is number 2,286 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 40 times per million words — about once every 25,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 72% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,282Werkeworks; plants, factories
- 2,283gebetenasked, requested
- 2,284Angehörigerelatives, family members
- 2,285optimaloptimal, ideal
- 2,286weshalbwhy; which is why
- 2,287die Staffelseason (TV); relay team
- 2,288engagiertcommitted, dedicated; involved
- 2,289die Ordnungorder, tidiness
- 2,290Nachbarnneighbours; neighbour (acc./dat.)
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