weil

From the accusative of Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō.

• IPA^(key): /vaɪ̯l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

weil

1. because, given that

   Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich krank bin.

   I can't come because I'm sick.

• In formal writing, weil is always a subordinating conjunction, i.e. the following clause is a subordinate clause and has the respective word order (see example above). In the beginning of a sentence, weil is preferably replaced with da: Da ich krank bin, kann ich nicht kommen.

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