wenn
if, when
The 99th most frequent word in German, appearing about 756 times per million words.
- Type
- conjunction
- Frequency rank
- #99
- Per million words
- 756
In a sentence
Wenn du willst, komme ich.If you want, I'll come.
Word order
A subordinating conjunction: it sends the conjugated verb to the end of its clause. Ich bleibe, weil es regnet — not weil es regnet ist. This is the single most common word-order mistake beginners make.
Related words
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Practise this word
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