Konsekutivsätze
Konsekutivsätze — for English Speakers
Introduction
Consecutive clauses express results: 'Er war so müde, dass er einschlief' = 'He was so tired that he fell asleep'. English uses 'so...that' identically. German also has 'sodass' (so that — result), 'derart...dass' (to such an extent that), and 'dermaßen...dass'. The concept is perfectly parallel between the two languages. The only German-specific rule is verb-final position in the dass-clause.
German vs English
In German
Er war so müde, dass er einschlief.
In English
He was so tired that he fell asleep.
Key Difference
Identical structure: so + adjective + dass. German puts the verb at the end of the dass-clause.
In German
Es regnete stark, sodass wir nicht gingen.
In English
It rained heavily, so we didn't go.
Key Difference
Sodass = so that (result). German verb-final; English normal word order.
Common Mistakes for English Speakers
Er war so müde, dass er schlief ein.
Separating the prefix — in subordinate clauses, separable verbs stay together at the end.
Es regnete stark, so dass wir gingen nicht.
Wrong negation and verb placement — 'nicht' comes before the verb at the end of the clause.
Practice Examples
Die Musik war so laut, dass wir nichts hörten.
The music was so loud that we couldn't hear anything.
Er trainierte hart, sodass er gewann.
He trained hard, so he won.
Es schneite derart stark, dass die Schule ausfiel.
It snowed so heavily that school was cancelled.
Memory Tip
SO...DASS = SO...THAT — one of the most parallel structures between German and English. Just remember verb-final.
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Konsekutivsätze
Konsekutivsätze — C1
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