Essay-writing is in itself already a difficult endeavor. Now writing an essay in a foreign language like German---that’s on a different plane of difficulty.
To make it easier for you, here in this article, we’ve compiled the most useful German essay phrases. Feel free to use these to add a dash of pizzazz into your essays. It will add just the right amount of flourish into your writing---enough to impress whoever comes across your work!
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Now here’s your list!
erstens | firstly |
zweitens | secondly |
drittens | thirdly |
Einleitend muss man sagen... | To begin with, one has to say... |
Man muss ... in Betracht ziehen | One needs to take ... into consideration |
Ein wichtiger Aspekt von X ist ... | An important aspect of X is ... |
Man muss erwähnen, dass... | One must mention that ... |
im Vergleich zu | in comparison to... |
im Gegensatz zu | in contrast to... |
auf der einen Seite | on the one hand |
auf der anderen Seite | on the other hand |
gleichzeitig | at the same time |
angeblich | supposedly |
vermutlich | presumably |
in der Tat | in fact |
tatsächlich | indeed |
eigentlich | really; actually |
im Allgemeinen | in general |
möglicherweise | possibly |
eventuell | possibly |
im Durchschnitt | on average |
auβerdem | besides; moreover |
jedoch | however |
trotzdem | nevertheless |
in jedem Fall / jedenfalls | in any case |
das Wichtigste ist | the most important thing is |
ohne Zweifel | without a doubt |
zweifellos | doubtless |
verständlicherweise | understandably |
grundsätzlich | fundamentally |
anscheinend | apparently |
äuβerst | extremely |
heutzutage | nowadays |
infolgedessen | as a result of this |
in diesem Fall | in this case |
verhältnismäβig | relatively |
genauso wichtig wie dies ist ..... | just as important as this is ... |
unglaublich | unbelievably |
aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach | in all probability |
im Grunde | basically; fundamentally |
in Wirklichkeit | in reality |
Dieses Beispiel illustriert ... | this example illustrates |
Diese Szene zeigt, dass... | this scene shows that... |
Dieses Ereignis macht klar, dass ... | this event makes it clear that |
wahrscheinlich | likely |
offensichtlich | obviously |
sonst | otherwise |
wie oben erwähnt | as mentioned above |
Es scheint, dass ... | It seems that |
kurz gesagt | in short |
Zusammenfassend kann man sagen | In conclusion one can say .. |
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