somehow (in some unknown or unspecific manner) · for some reason; used to express uncertainty about the justification for an opinion
eş: sonstwie
köken: irgend + wie
🔊 Der Dieb muss irgendwie über diese Mauer gekommen sein.
🔊 Die Farben passen irgendwie nicht so richtig zusammen.
haphazardly, any old how
eş: al buen tuntún, al lote, descuidadamente
🔊 Atrasados y toscos en todo, nuestras criminales matan con planchas, al tuntún, sin preparar emboscadas, ni escribir cartas sutiles
at random, randomly, haphazardly, every which way
köken: Literally, “as it happens.”
anyway (used to indicate change of subject)
somewhat, kind of, a bit · somehow, in some way
köken: Univerbation of an unattested Byzantine Greek *κάν πως (*kán pōs). The *κάν (*kán) is identical to καν (kan, “even”), and the πως (pōs) is identical to πως (pos) and used in the sense of the Ancient Greek phrase ἐάν πως (eán pōs).
to be inevitable · to be in a certain way
çekim: geçmiş 어쨌다
köken: Contracted form of 어찌하다 (eojjihada).
🔊 어쩌다가 선생님이 되었지만요.
in any case, anyway, anyhow (often to mark the end of a line of reasoning or the like) · in any way or manner whatever
🔊 Men det hade hur som helst inte fungerat, så vi går vidare
🔊 Hur som helst, nu måste jag åka hem
🔊 Ingen vet vad som kommer hända. Det kan gå hur som helst.
however (to whatever degree, in whatever way)
eş: dowolnie, jak bądź
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Proto-Slavic *jako Old Polish jak Polish jak Polish -kolwiek Polish jakkolwiek From jak + -kolwiek. Compare Czech jakkoli, Slovak akokoľvek.
somehow
köken: jokin + -ten (causative singular)
🔊 En tiedä, mitä hän sanoi, mutta jotenkin hän sai poliisin uskomaan tarinansa.
somehow
eş: jaksi, kterak, některak
köken: From ně- + jak.
somehow · by chance, by any chance
köken: From cum + -va.
🔊 Aveți cumva o țigară ce mi-ați putea să dați?
anyway, anyhow, whatever (either this way or that way, in any way or manner)
köken: From akár- + hogy.
🔊 Akárhogy döntesz is, elfogadom.
at least · anyhow, at any rate
köken: Adverb from the same root as salūs, salvus.