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title: "Two-Part Conjunctions - German for English SpeakersGerman for English Speakers"
title: "Two-Part Conjunctions"
description: "German correlative conjunctions — entweder/oder, weder/noch, sowohl/als auch, je/desto, and zwar/aber — with examples and English equivalents."
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._
_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._
_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.")
(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":
_Dieses Gerät spart **sowohl** Zeit **als auch** Geld._
This appliance saves **both** time **and** money.
OR This appliance saves time **as well as** money.
_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.
_**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:
_Je/desto_ expresses a relationship between two [comparative](/adjectives/comparative-and-superlative-forms.md "2. Comparative & Superlative Forms") adjectives:
_**Je mehr** du redest, **desto dümmer** klingst du._
_**Je mehr** du redest, **desto dümmer** klingst du._
**The more** you talk, **the dumber** you sound.
_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:
_Er mochte sie **zwar**, wollte sie **aber** nicht heiraten._
_Er mochte sie **zwar**, wollte sie **aber** nicht heiraten._
While he certainly liked her, he did not want to marry her.
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