How to Use Subordinating Conjunctions in German: dass, weil, ob, wenn & more!

Learn how to use the German subordinating conjunctions dass, weil, ob, wenn and a whole lot more with this intermediate German lesson. If you really want to bump up your German skills, mastering these subordinating conjunctions will boost your language skills and make you more conversational. In this lesson, you will learn about these conjunctions as well as a variety of lesser known subordinating conjunctions. Click the timestamps below to skip to the conjunction of your choice.
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:07 als - when
1:54 Hauptsatz vs Nebensatz
2:44 Word Order Rules
3:51 Examples with als - when
4:26 wenn - when, if
7:19 falls - if, in case
7:56 falls vs wenn
9:19 ob - if
10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls
11:49 als ob - as if
13:01 obgleich, obschon, obwohl - although
14:03 weil - because
14:57 da - because
15:59 damit - so that, in order to
16:45 dass - that
17:22 dass vs das
19:26 so dass - so that
20:12 dadurch... dass, indem - by means of, while
21:32 wohingegen - while, whereas
22:53 bevor - before
24:11 ehe - ere
25:28 bis - until
26:02 Separable Verbs in Subordinate Clauses
26:20 während - while
27:15 solange - as long as
28:02 sobald - as soon as
28:54 sooft - as often as, whenever
30:02 nachdem - after
31:29 seit/seitdem - since
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Forever ago I did a video about all of the tenses in German, but it was incredibly short and not very detailed. Not my best work, but if you are interested, here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJychYB6hbaiiM0 It might not be a bad idea to revisit this idea, as I'm sure you aren't the only one struggling with this.

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wow, I'm impressed...have fun and good luck learning German... btw if you mix up „dass/das“ as a German it’s considered as a pretty stupid mistake... but quite a few fall into this trap... 😉😊

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[@MrLAntrim]

Während can be used as a conjunction (as in this video) or as a preposition. If you are using it as a conjunction, you would write something like this. Ich spiele Schach, während mein Bruder Damespiel spielt. - I am playing chess while my brother is playing checkers. If you are using it as a preposition, you won't be using it with "my brother", as this indicates "during my brother", which isn't something that makes sense. When you use it as a preposition, it also requires the genitive case, which is when you might hear something like "meines Bruders". You could say something like this. Während des Spiels hatten wir viel Spaß. - During the game we had a lot of fun. I hope this makes sense.

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Excellent video! Pro tip: If Is way easier if one interpret these conjunctions in spanish.

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One good explanation I heard for the Das/dass usages is that "das" is something you can point to and someone can see. "seishts du DAS? *points to a snake in the grass* Where as "dass" is more conceptual "Wusste du Jimmy is hier?" "ja, ich wissen Dass" . In the 2nd sentence you can't really point to the knowledge that Jimmy is here. Advice came courtesy of German is easy blog

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Not quite! It would still be "das" in your 2nd example. "Ich habe das gewusst" or "Ich wusste das". DASS is only used as a conjunction. Wusstest du, DASS Jimmy hier ist?

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The difference between das and dass is purely stylistic. You don't cause confusion or change the meaning of the sentence when you use one or the other. Because dass answers was and was is always das. That's why dass or the different spelling is as useful as a ship on land. It only benefits snobs who mock people who do not know the difference.

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I think it needed a few practice samples in the beginning of where it belongs in the sentence in the word order before moving deeply into the lesson. I didn’t get that first part down and then it jumped on the next thing quickly. However it’s a good lesson

[@MrLAntrim]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind for future lessons.

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[@iggykarpov]

Please correct me, if I am wrong - 'ob' is always translatable as 'whether', unlike 'wenn', so if you can substitute 'whether' for 'if' in English, use 'ob' in German

[@CarolineGarland]

When giving an example using 'wenn' you said 'jedes mal, wenn ein blaues Auto sah, schlug er mich.' This confuses me because it uses two commas to separate conjunctions, while the English translation only uses two conjunctions and one comma. How do we know where the commas go? What is the word order when there's three parts instead of two? Is 'jedes mal' considered in the zero position? (How to know when something is in the zero position is something else that confuses me, if you're looking for video topics.)

[@MrLAntrim]

In that sentence you should think of it as the sentence "Jedes Mal schlug er mich." attached to the sentence "Er sah ein blaues Auto." "Jedes Mal" is in zero position in its clause, but it is separated by a comma, as the other clause is in the middle of the first one. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the video ideas.

[@iggykarpov]

01:07 ALS - when 01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪 02:45 Word Order _________________________ 04:27 WENN - when, if 04:58 erroneous explanation of wenn-usage on other sites - wenn simply introduces a condition 06:12 Use of Subjunctive with wenn _________________________ 07:19 FALLS - if, in case 07:40 falls synonymous with wenn, yet draws more attention to the condition 08:07 falls NOT synonymous with wenn _________________________ 09:19 OB - if, whether 09:24 difference from wenn - only yes/no-type questions 10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls _________________________ 11:48 ALS OB - as if _________________________

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01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪

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Good luck.

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Nicht immer.

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Many (younger) Germans don't know how to use das/dass properly and write things like Ich weiß das du Recht hast instead of Ich weiß, dass du Recht hast. Don't let that confuse you.

[@MrLAntrim]

Weißt du das, dass das "das" das meistverwendete Wort im Satz ist?

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Oder ohne "dann". Wenn Grillen Grillen grillen, grillen Grillen Grillen.

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[@iggykarpov]

01:07 ALS - when 01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪 02:45 Word Order _________________________ 04:27 WENN - when, if 04:58 erroneous explanation of wenn-usage on other sites - wenn simply introduces a condition 06:12 Use of Subjunctive with wenn _________________________ 07:19 FALLS - if, in case 07:40 falls synonymous with wenn, yet draws more attention to the condition 08:07 falls NOT synonymous with wenn _________________________ 09:19 OB - if, whether 09:24 difference from wenn - only yes/no-type questions 10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls _________________________ 11:49 ALS OB - as if _________________________ 13:02 OBWOHL, OBGLEICH, OBSCHON - although _________________________ 14:04 WEIL - because _________________________ 14:58 DA - because _________________________ 15:59 DAMIT - so that, in order to _________________________ 16:45 DASS - that 19:11 Weisst du das, dass das "das" das ... 😜 _________________________ 19:25 SO DASS - so that, so as _________________________ 20:12 DADURCH...DASS, INDEM - by means of, while _________________________ 21:33 WOHINGEGEN - while, whereas _________________________ 22:54 CONJUNCTIONS OF TIME ------------------------------------------------ 23:07 THE BEFORs ------------------------------------------------ 23:10 BEVOR - before EHE - ere 23:52 BEVOR - conjunction, VOR - preposition, DAVOR - adverb, VORHER - adverb -- before 24:11 EHE - before 24:49 MONTY PYTHON - must answer me these questions three _________________________ 25:28 BIS - until _________________________ 26:20 WÄHREND - while _________________________ 27:15 SOLANGE - as long _________________________ 28:03 SOBALD - as soon as _________________________ 28:54 SOOFT - as often as, whenever _________________________ 30:03 NACHDEM - after _________________________ 31:29 SEIT/SEITDEM - since _________________________