derweil

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German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯l/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Adverb

derweil

  1. meanwhile, meantime
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Denn derweil der Tanz begonnen, / War sie nicht vom Sitz gewichen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjunction

derweil

  1. while

Further reading

  • derweil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • derweil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon