GrammarA2· Gründe nennen

Nebensätze mit weil

Clauses with weil ('because')

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

6 parts · about 5 min

1What & when

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After weil, the verb goes to the end.

Before

Ich wohne in Hamburg. Meine Firma ist hier.

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With weil, ist jumps to the very end of the clause.

„Ich wohne in Hamburg, weil meine Firma hier ist.“ — I live in Hamburg because my company is here.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

weil means 'because'. It gives the reason for something. The part that starts with weil is a (a clause that can't stand alone). It depends on the , and it has its own word order: the verb goes to the end.

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Gründe nennenYou need it whenever someone asks and you give the reason. Talking about your life in Germany, you need it all the time. Why you moved to Hamburg, why you're learning German, why you can't come tonight:

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