‘Infolge’ is derived from the noun ‘ Folge’ (consequence). Viele Straßen sind deshalb/deswegen … gesperrt. Heute Nacht gab es einen großen Schneesturm.Heute Nacht gab es einen großen Schneesturm, weswegen viele Straßen gesperrt sind.Deshalb/deswegen… sind viele Straßen gesperrt.

Infolge des Schneesturms sind viele Straßen gesperrt.‘ Nämlich’ is an adverb and so will never be placed in the first position. ‘ Deshalb, ‘ deswegen’/'daher’/'darum’ are all conjunctions and adverbs, therefore they can be placed either at the beginning of a sentence, or after the main verb. The second difference lies in a tiny difference in meaning: it is more likely that the reason in the ‘ weil’ sentence is important or new, while the reason in the ‘ da’ sentence is often less important or already known. Most of the native speakers would probably prefer to put the subordinate clause with ‘ da’ at the beginning, while the one with ‘ weil’ at the end. There are minor differences between ‘ da’ and ‘ weil’. After ‘ denn’ follows the main sentence with the verb in the second position. ‘ Aufgrund’ is always used with the genitive case, while ‘ Wegen’ can be used either with genitive (more commonly when written) or dative (more commonly when spoken). Deshalb/Deswegen//Daher/Darum kann ich nicht schlafen./ Ich kann deshalb/. Ich kann nicht schlafen, weil die Musik so laut ist.Da die Musik so laut ist, kann ich nicht schlafen.Ich kann nicht schlafen, denn die Musik ist so laut.Wegen/Aufgrund der lauten Musik kann ich nicht schlafen.

On the contrary, ‘ damit’ is only used when both sentences have different subjects ( andere Leute, Sie).Ī typical mistake is in using ‘ für’, instead of the correct ‘ zur/zum’, when we want to express the English equivalent of the word ‘for’. The (unexpressed) subject of ‘ um.zu’ is the same as the one of the main sentence (man). zu’ and ‘ damit’ have the same meaning, but the first one requires an infinitive, while the latter one requires a conjugated verb.

> Damit auch noch andere Leute den Raum benutzen können, sollten Sie ihn sauber halten.

Um das Gerät zu reinigen, sollte man nur Wasser benutzen.

Zur Reinigung des Gerätes sollte man nur Wasser benutzen.

Usually, we will find them either in the first position or after the verb in the third (sometimes fourth) position. Adverbs can alter a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Conjunctions introduce a sentence, and so must be at the beginning of the sentence. In German grammar, prepositions are followed by a noun (which could be in the accusative, dative or genitive form depending on the preposition). In the chart below, we see three kinds of words (prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs) corresponding to each other. Having a range of ways to express ourselves via German grammar means we can play around with our style. When speaking or writing German, one often has more than only one option to express the same thing.

Damit german grammar