Coordinating Conjunctions

These occupy position 0 and leave the verb position the same as in the preceding clause.

PrepositionMeaningPrepositionMeaning
alsas, than, whenals ob, als wennas if
bevorbeforebisuntil
dabecause, since, asdamitso that
dassthatehe*before
fallsin case, ifindemby ...-ing
nachdemafterobwhether, if
obwohl, obschon, obgliechalthoughseit, seitdemsince
sobaldas soon asso dass, sodassso that
sooftas often assolang, solangeas long as
sovielas much assoweitas far as
trotzdemeven thoughwährend, währenddemwhile. whereas
weilbecausewennwhen, whenever, if
weshalbwhy, for what reason