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desto

B1 Connector frequency rank #1,411

What desto means

Connector

  1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
  2. used instead of je in the je ... desto construction

Pronunciation

desto in a sentence

Je mehr Sie trinken, desto weniger essen Sie.

The more you drink, the less you eat.

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desto is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #1,411 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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