Subordinating Conjunctions

These send the conjugated verb to the end of the 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