German A2 vocabulary: Little words 1

Conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs and question words: the small but essential words that hold sentences together. A2 is the elementary level: you can handle simple everyday conversations.

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German	English	Type
der / das / die Dings(bums)	thingy, whatsit	little word
ab und zu	now and then	little word
am liebsten	most of all (preference)	little word
andere	other	little word
die Ansichtdie Ansichten	view, opinion	noun
die Artdie Arten	kind, type; manner	noun
die Aufteilungdie Aufteilungen	division, distribution	noun
aus	from, out of (aus der Türkei)	preposition
die Ausnahmedie Ausnahmen	exception	noun
außerdem	besides, in addition	little word
die Bedingungdie Bedingungen	condition	noun
beide	both	little word
besonders	especially	little word
bester, bestes, beste	best	little word
bestimmt	certainly, definitely	little word
beziehungsweise	or; respectively	little word
bisher	until now, so far	little word
da / dort	there	little word
damals	back then, at that time	adverb
dass	that (conjunction)	little word
dauernd	constantly	little word
denn	because (normal word order); then (in questions)	little word
deshalb	that's why, therefore	little word
dieses / nächstes Mal	this time / next time	little word
das Dingdie Dinge	thing	noun
direkt	directly; immediately	little word
die Diskussiondie Diskussionen	discussion	noun
doch	but, yet; (in commands) go on	little word
doppelt	double, twice	adverb
draußen	outside	little word
echt	really	little word
eigener, eigenes, eigene	own	little word
ein paar	a few	little word
einige	some, a few	little word
das Ereignisdie Ereignisse	event	noun
das Ergebnisdie Ergebnisse	result	noun
etwa	about, approximately	little word
fast	almost, nearly	little word
fertig	ready; finished	little word
die Formdie Formen	form, shape	noun
gar nicht	not at all	little word
die Gefahrdie Gefahren	danger	noun
genau	exact, exactly	little word
genauso	just the same	little word
gerade	right now; straight	little word
die Geschichtedie Geschichten	story; history	noun
die Gewohnheitdie Gewohnheiten	habit	noun
gleichzeitig	at the same time	little word
der Grunddie Gründe	reason; ground	noun
die Gruppedie Gruppen	group	noun
hauptsächlich	mainly	little word
hinter	behind	preposition
hoffentlich	hopefully	little word
die Hälftedie Hälften	half	noun
häufig	frequent, often	little word
inzwischen	meanwhile; by now	adverb
irgendetwas	anything, something	little word
irgendwo	somewhere	little word
ja	(particle for emphasis) indeed, you know	little word
je	each (je 2 = two each)	little word
jemand	someone	little word
jeweils	each, in each case	little word
die Kartedie Karten	card; ticket; map; menu	noun
kaum	hardly	adverb
lieber	rather, preferably	little word
die Listedie Listen	list	noun
das Maldie Male	time (occasion)	noun

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