umso — the more in German
/ˈʊmzo/
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B1
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Example Sentences
Je mehr ich esse, umso größer wird mein Appetit.
The more I eat the bigger my appetite gets.
Je mehr Popcorn man isst, umso mehr will man.
The more popcorn you eat, the more you want.
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Corpus Neighbors
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damit
so that
ob
whether, if
sondern
but
während
while, whereas
je... (desto/umso...)
the more...
obwohl
although, even though
nachdem
after
bevor
before, until
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