Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #48
Word (Wort)

bis

Translation (Übersetzung) until, up to, as far as
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /bɪs/
A1
Prepositions
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common preposition time limit
Preposition indicating temporal or spatial limit. Can take accusative or be used without article. Also used as conjunction. Forty-eighth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich arbeite bis 5 Uhr.
I work until 5 o'clock.
temporal limit
Wir fahren bis Berlin.
We drive as far as Berlin.
spatial limit
Ich warte, bis du kommst.
I wait until you come.
conjunction
Bis morgen!
See you tomorrow!
farewell

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
bis morgen
until tomorrow
High frequency
bis dahin
until then
High frequency
bis zu
up to
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
bis auf weiteres
until further notice
Indicating indefinite duration
Synonyms (Synonyme)
bis zu High similarity
Up to (with article, more specific)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
ab
From, starting from (opposite direction)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

ab seit bis zu Präposition

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