Knowing relations between words can help understand their meanings and build a more connected vocabulary network. Here, you can explore parents and offspring and discover the whole family.
- shows how many children or parents the word has
- get the translations and a link
Loading word family…
Sources for Etymology:
- Check "sowohl-als-auch" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "sowohl-als-auch" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
Audio Speed
Dark Mode
Is saying “Ich mag sowohl Obst als auch Gemüse” the same as saying “Ich mag beide Obst und Gemüse”?
Meh, in meaning yes, but the grammar of the second version is shaky.
– Ich mag beides – Obst und Gemüse.
This would work. You need to have some sort of separation between the “I like” part and the two items. Either a comma or a dash like I did.
“beides” is the better choice here, because there’s no clear group noun that both “fruits” and “veggies” belong to.
When you use “beide”, you can basically ask “both what?” and if you don’t really have an intuitive answer, then “beides” would be better.
I have a lesson about that, if you want to learn more:
https://yourdailygerman.com/beide-beides-difference/