Vokabahn
Vokabahn
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Interjection / Connector / Verb

sondern

rather, but (instead)

B1 rank #112

Meanings

Interjection
  1. so?, then what?, so you tell me!
Connector
  1. rather, but (instead)
Verb
  1. to separate, to sunder

In a sentence

Wichtig ist nicht, was man liest, sondern wie man liest.

What's important isn't what you read, but how you read.

Forms

infinitive sondern
he/she/it sondert
simple past sonderte
perfect hat gesondert

takes + Akkusativ