deswegen — therefore, that’s why, because of this in German
adverbB1
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛsˈve:gn̩/
Quick Facts
Level
B1
Frequency
80/100
Source Rank
#838
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Example Sentences
Deswegen hat alles angefangen.
It all started because of this.
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Corpus Neighbors
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recht
quite, rather
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gemeinsam
together, jointly, in common, hand in hand
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zunächst
first, at first, initially, for now
AdverbSame word class#369
bisher
so far, until now, up to now
AdverbSame word class#373
halt
simply, just
AdverbSame word class#417
ebenso
just as, as much as, as well, equally, likewise
AdverbSame word class#434
danach
after it, afterwards, then, accordingly
AdverbSame word class#435
dagegen
against it, on the other hand, in contrast
AdverbSame word class#439
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