köken: Chiefly from haplology of Middle High German ērer, from Old High German ēriro, from Proto-Germanic *airizô. Compare Dutch eerder. Likely conflated with Middle High German ēr, a rarer byform of ē (whence modern eh, ehe), from Old High German ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, adverbial form of the above. Cognate with Dutch eer, English ere, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis). The final /r/ was regularly lost in…
Es tut mir leid, aber ich konnte nicht eher kommen.
Es scheint eher unwahrscheinlich, dass sie je ins Ausland geht.
Eine Paketbombe, die Anfang vergangener Woche im Kanzleramt eintraf, war von eher geringer Sprengkraft.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Indo-European *kʷídder. Proto-Slavic *česo Old Polish co Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Old Polish -ż Old Polish cóż Polish cóż Inherited from Old Polish cóż. By surface analysis, co + -ż. Compare Czech což and Kashubian cëż.
rather, preferably (expression of preference) · rather, on the contrary (used to introduce a contradiction) · rather, more precisely (introducing a qualification or clarification)
köken: pikemmin (“sooner”) + -kin
En halua lisää konjakkia. Pikemminkin ottaisin kupin kahvia.
Minun ei pitänytkään olla suosittu. Pikemminkin minun piti hoitaa homma.
En halunnut lähteä. Tai pikemminkin halusin, mutta en yksin.