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+title: "Two-Part Conjunctions - German for English SpeakersGerman for English Speakers"
+source: "https://germanforenglishspeakers.com/other/two-part-conjunctions"
+crawled: "2026-06-30"
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+# Two-Part Conjunctions - German for English SpeakersGerman for English Speakers
+
+# Two-Part Conjunctions
+
+Most two-part conjunctions in German have direct English equivalents, so it's faster to learn them by example than to break them down grammatically. The easiest are either/or and neither/nor:
+
+_Wir können **entweder** ins Kino **oder** ins Restaurant gehen._  
+We can either go to the cinema or to the restaurant.
+
+_Sie isst **weder** Fisch **noch** Fleisch._  
+She eats neither fish nor meat.
+
+(Also, if someone offers you two options and you want to reject both, you can just say weder noch to mean "neither one.")
+
+_Sowohl_ literally translates to "as well (as)" and is usually combined with _als auch_ or _wie_ to indicate that two things are both true. The sentence structure is a little different from English, though. We put "as well as" or "and" in between the two items, but _sowohl_ goes before them. The nearest English equivalent in terms of sentence structure is "both/and":
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+_Dieses Gerät spart **sowohl** Zeit **als auch** Geld._  
+This appliance saves **both** time **and** money.  
+OR This appliance saves time **as well as** money.
+
+_**sowohl** im Inland **wie auch** im Ausland_  
+**both** at home **and** abroad  
+OR at home **as well as** abroad.
+
+Je/desto expresses a relationship between two [comparative](/adjectives/comparative-forms.md "2. Comparative & Superlative Forms") adjectives:
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+_**Je mehr** du redest, **desto dümmer** klingst du._  
+**The more** you talk, **the dumber** you sound.
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+_Zwar_ usually translates to "indeed" or "granted" or "it's true." It's frequently used with _aber_ ("but") to partially concede an argument or fact but still maintain an opposing position:
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+_Er mochte sie **zwar**, wollte sie **aber** nicht heiraten._  
+While he certainly liked her, he did not want to marry her.
+
+[Continue to next section >>](/other/modal-particles.md)