damit — so that in German
conjunctionB1
Pronunciation
/daˈmɪt/
Quick Facts
Level
B1
Frequency
100/100
Source Rank
#105
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Example Sentences
Wir essen, damit wir leben.
We eat so that we can live.
Hup mal, damit uns der Wagen vorbeilässt!
Blow the horn so that car will let us pass.
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Corpus Neighbors
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zu
to
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als
as, when, than, as if
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dass
that
ConjunctionSame word class#28
um... zu
in order to
ConjunctionSame word class#36
aber
but
ConjunctionSame word class#45
oder
or
ConjunctionSame word class#52
wenn
if, when
ConjunctionSame word class#59
da
because, as, since
ConjunctionSame word class#95
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