# while

> German word · Conjunction · IPA [waɪl] · frequency rank #26,241

## Definitions
1. (during) während, derweil (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)
2. (although) während, obgleich (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)
3. (as soon as) solange (im Deutschen Subjunktion!)

## Easily confused with
- **wie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wie)
- **Wil** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wil)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-will)
- **Wild** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wild)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wide)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wine)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wife)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wire)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wise)
- **Wolle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wolle)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-white)
- **wilde** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wilde)
- **Wille** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wille)
- **Wohle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-wohle)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/while-vs-write)
- **weil** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/weil-vs-while)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wale-vs-while)
- **weise** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/weise-vs-while)
- **Weile** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/weile-vs-while)
- **Weite** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/weite-vs-while)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hwile`, `whhile`, `whiel`, `whille`, `whlie`, `wihle`, `wwhile`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/while