German conjunction · CEFR C1
wobei
Meaning in English: whereby, although, while
Example
Das Hotel war gut, wobei das Frühstück etwas teuer war.
The hotel was good, although breakfast was a bit pricey.
How common is wobei?
wobei is number 1,133 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 79 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,129meinenmy (acc. masc., dat. pl.)
- 1,130der Punktpoint, dot, full stop
- 1,131wartento wait
- 1,132das Torgoal, gate
- 1,133wobeiwhereby, although, while
- 1,134weiteresfurther, more, another
- 1,135Bedingungenconditions
- 1,136betroffeneaffected
- 1,137beschäftigtbusy, employed
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