German adverb · CEFR B2
wodurch
Meaning in English: whereby, as a result of which; how
Example
Der Zug hatte Verspätung, wodurch wir den Anschluss verpassten.
The train was late, which made us miss our connection.
How common is wodurch?
wodurch is number 3,411 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 25 times per million words — about once every 40,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% 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
- 3,407die Cloudcloud (computing)
- 3,408das Bewusstseinconsciousness, awareness
- 3,409schlechterworse
- 3,410der Kindergartenkindergarten, nursery school
- 3,411wodurchwhereby, as a result of which; how
- 3,412vorliegtis available, exists, is at hand
- 3,413der SamstagabendSaturday evening
- 3,414untersuchento examine, to investigate
- 3,415letzterlast
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