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German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adverb
derweil
- meanwhile, meantime
1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
Conjunction
derweil
- while
Further reading
- “derweil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “derweil” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon