German word

sowie

Pronunciation

IPA/zoˈviː/

Meaning

  • conjunctionas well as

Example

Ich kaufe Brot sowie Milch.

I'm buying bread as well as milk.

Illustration for sowie (as well as)

More examples

Tragen Sie bitte Ihren Namen sowie Ihre Adresse ein.

Please enter your name as well as your address.

Core concept

A single link joins two items in a list, or marks one event following another without a pause.

Common phrases

  • Name sowie Adresse

    name as well as address

  • Brot sowie Milch

    bread as well as milk

Similar words

und: Joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses without added emphasis.
sowohl: Emphasizes the inclusion of both things.
sobald: Introduces an event that starts immediately when another occurs.

Definition in German

Dient zur Verbindung von Nomen oder Satzteilen, meist im Sinne von 'und', gelegentlich im Sinne von 'sobald' bei unmittelbar aufeinanderfolgenden Ereignissen.

Word origin

Sowie developed from the German words "so" and "wie", originally meaning "so as" or "just as", and became a conjunction for linking and immediate sequence.

Usage tips

  • In a time clause, "sowie" means "as soon as" and places the finite verb at the end, like other German subordinate conjunctions.

Other meanings

  • as soon asconjunction

Opposites

Related words

Word lists with this word