Study Resource: List of two-part conjunctions in German

By: Nicki Hinz

Associated Articles

These activities are part of our German Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

German two-part conjunction	Function	Coordinating or subordinating?	Comma?
sowohl ... als auch as well as	list	coordinating	no
nicht nur ... sondern auch not only ... but also	list	coordinating	no
weder ... noch neither ... nor	negative list	coordinating	no
entweder ... oder either ... or	alternative	coordinating	no
zwar ... aber [indeed ... ] but	restriction	coordinating	no
einerseits ... andererseits on the one hand .... on the other hand	contradiction	Exception: coordinating, but changes word order	yes
je ... desto the ... the	consequence	subordinating	yes
ob ... oder whether ... if	reinforcement	subordinating	yes
teils ... teils partly ... partly	indecision	Exception	yes
mal ... mal sometimes ... sometimes	indecision	Exception	yes

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