What is another word for aber in german that means the same thing?

Answer 1

"jedoch", but you would place that in a different position in the sentence, the position in which you would place "however" in English.

Answer 2

Take a look at this.

Spielst du Volleyball gern?
Nein, ich spiele Volleyball nicht gern, aber ich sehe viel fern.

Spielst du Volleyball?
Nein, ich spiele nicht Volleyball, sondern Basketball.

Checkt out the site to see the difference in using aber and sondern: http://www.serve.com/shea/sondern.htm

http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/german/grammar/gr-but.htm

Remember that the two words aber and sondern are translated into English as but.

Answer 3

Aber is "BUT" no other word. you can use Außer.