ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the use of conjunctions in the German grammar. A conjunction is a word used to link two clauses together and appears either between the clauses. In addition to the ‘proper’ conjunctions, some other elements may behave like conjunctions in that they send the finite verb to the end of the clause when linking two clauses together. This is very often the case with interrogatives such as ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘how’ when used in indirect questions. Most conjunctions are preceded by a comma. Sometimes a conjunction can refer to a whole sentence rather than just one clause. In this case, if the sentence consists of two or more clauses and the conjunction is a subordinating one, every verb in the sentence must go to the end of its respective clause.
