eş: gleichwohl, obwohl, obschon, obzwar, wenn, auch
köken: Univerbation of ob + gleich, from the older use of ob as a conditional and concessive conjunction, reinforced with an adverb. Compare obwohl, obschon, obzwar and also gleichwohl.
Obgleich der Wetterbericht Regen verheißen hatte, strahlte die Sonne munter.
Obgleich ermüdet an Kräften, säumte sie nicht, sondern vollendete Angefangenes.
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky), from Proto-Slavic *реr-kъ, whose first element comes from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- and is thus cognate with English for. Cognates include Bulgarian въ́преки (vǎ́preki).
aile: вопреки́ всему́
вопреки́ распространённому мне́нию, лу́чшие рестора́ны Франции нахо́дятся во́все не в Париже
судьи, вопреки́ прогно́зам ске́птиков, префере́нций хозя́евам не де́лали
in spite of, despite, regardless of, notwithstanding, although
köken: Cognate with Tatar карамастан (qaramastan), Kazakh қарамастан (qaramastan), Uzbek qaramasdan, Uyghur قارىماستىن (qarimastin, “despite, notwistanding”).
Эстән янып-көйөүгә ҡарамаҫтан, кисерештәренең тамсыһын да иренә күрһәтергә ашыҡманы.
köken: From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.
in spite of, despite, notwithstanding, contrary to
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky), univerbation of в (v) + преки (preki). The later is a fossilized feminine plural accusative case of Bulgarian пряк (prjak, “direct”). Cognate with Russian вопреки́ (voprekí) (borrowed from the same Old Church Slavonic word).
Etimoloji
The abessive case of the active third infinitive of huolia; literally, “without caring (about)”.