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German conjunction · CEFR C1

zumal

Meaning in English: especially since, all the more so as

Rank 3,442 of 5,000conjunctionLevel C1
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Example

Ich bleibe zu Hause, zumal es auch noch regnet.

I'm staying at home, especially since it's raining too.

How common is zumal?

zumal is number 3,442 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 41,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 76% 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. 3,438die Chemiechemistry
  2. 3,439aktualisiertupdated
  3. 3,440keinerleino … whatsoever, no … at all
  4. 3,441zentralcentral(ly)
  5. 3,442zumalespecially since, all the more so as
  6. 3,443der Übergangtransition; crossing
  7. 3,444geimpftvaccinated
  8. 3,445natürlichennatural
  9. 3,446drohento threaten, to loom

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