in a way
köken: From gewisser Maßen, which has a genitival relict of Middle High German māȥe f; by surface analysis, gewiss + -er- + -maßen.
as they say; as the saying goes
so to speak
köken: Literally, “to so say”. Compare French pour ainsi dire.
as it were
köken: Literally, “as it were”.
at all; in the slightest · just like, so to speak, as though, as if
🔊 私は奥さんと向い合うまで、そんな言葉を口にする気はまるでなかったのです。
🔊 まるで夢を見ているようだ。
🔊 まるで煉獄。
so to speak, as it were, if you will
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Danish så at sige and Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia
🔊 Dykarna har nog tagit sig vatten över huvudet, så att säga
as they say
köken: Literally, “as they say that”.
as if, as though
eş: jakby
köken: Shortened form of jako kdyby.
infinitive of mondhat
köken: mondhat + -ni
as much as, so as, just as · as if, so to speak
köken: Etymology tree Latin tam Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Latin tamquam From tam + quam.
🔊 Dēnique, īnspicere tamquam in speculum in vītās omnium iubeō, atque ex aliīs sūmere exemplum sibi.
so to speak
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia and Swedish så att säga
as if, as though
köken: From Latin quasi + -aŭ.
🔊 Mi falis kvazaŭ mi estus ebria.
🔊 Ŝi kuris renkonte al li, kvazaŭ ŝi volus lin kisi, sed ŝi tion ne faris.
so to speak, if you will; also often used as a mere filler
as it were
köken: From the English contraction as't.