sondern — but in German
conjunctionB1
Pronunciation
/ˈzɔndɐn/
Quick Facts
Level
B1
Frequency
100/100
Source Rank
#171
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Example Sentences
Nicht Worte zählen, sondern Taten!
It's not what you say, but what you do that counts.
Er ist nicht Arzt, sondern Krankenpfleger.
He's not a doctor, but a nurse.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.
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Corpus Neighbors
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damit
so that
ConjunctionSame word class#105
da
because, as, since
ConjunctionSame word class#95
denn
because, since
ConjunctionSame word class#116
ohne
without
ConjunctionSame word class#121
sowie
as well as, as soon as
ConjunctionSame word class#125
weil
because, as
ConjunctionSame word class#127
dabei
thereby, there, with it, in doing so, at the same time, while doing
AdverbLevel B1#91
nun
now, then
AdverbLevel B1#99
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