Subordinate conjunctions
7 types:
D - Causation (3)
G - Manner & Degree (10)
- Clause complement
- Time
- Interrogatives
- Causation
- Purpose & Result
- Concession
- Manner & Degree
A - Clause complement (3)
- dass : that
- ob : if / whether
- wenn : if
B - Time (13)
- als : when (one past occasion)
- bevor : before
- bis : until
- ehe : before (formal)
- indem : while / as
- indes / indessen : while / whilst (formal)
- nachdem : after
- seit / seitdem : since (of time)
- sobald : as soon as
- solange : as long as
- sooft : as often as
- wenn : whenever (severeal occasions in past and present)
C - Interrogatives (9)
- wann : when
- warum : why
- was : what
- was für ein : what sort of
- welcher : which
- wer : who
- wessen : whose
- wo : where
- wie : how
D - Causation (3)
- da : since / as / because
- weil : because
- zumal : especially as / since
E - Purpose & Result (3)
- damit : so that (in order to)
- so dass : so that (as a result)
- um ... zu : in order ...
F - Concession (4)
- obgleich / obwohl : although
- obschon : although (Swiss)
- trotzdem : although (colloquial)
- zwar ... aber : although
G - Manner & Degree (10)
- als : as
- als ob : as if
- (an)statt : instead of
- außer dass : except that
- außer wenn : except if / when
- insofern / insoweit : inasmuch / insofar
- ohne dass / ohne ... : without
- sofern : provided that / if
- soweit : as far as
- wie : as
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