sobald
German, conjunction/zoˈbalt/
sobald is spelled S-O-B-A-L-D (6 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written German, the 1,205th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobald is a German conjunction meaning “as soon as, by the time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in dem Moment, wenn”.
What does sobald mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
as soon as, by the time
Ich rufe meine Frau an, sobald ich in meinem Hotel bin.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. in dem Moment, wenn
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce sobald?
- /zoˈbalt/
- [zoˈbalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobald
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobald in German?
sobald appears 71 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).