perhaps, maybe · frequently replaces bitte (“please”) in polite questions · expresses amazement or excitement, particularly at something negative
eş: eventuell, möglicherweise, womöglich, schätzungsweise, ungefähr, zirka
köken: From Middle High German vil līchte (“very easily”), thus: “what could easily happen”. Compare the same in German Low German villicht, Dutch wellicht, Saterland Frisian fielicht.
🔊 Vielleicht hat er einen Unfall gehabt.
🔊 Könnten Sie vielleicht das Fenster aufmachen?
🔊 Das is’ vielleicht ’ne Geldverschwendung da!
on the off chance
eş: à tout événement, par tout hasard
accidentally, by accident · randomly, casually · by chance, unpredictably
eş: непредвиденно, ненароком, нечаянно, непредумышленно, как раз, волею судеб
köken: случа́йный (slučájnyj) + -о (-o)
by chance (accidentally or unexpectedly)
🔊 Nada acontece por acaso.
by chance; accidentally
eş: przypadkowo
köken: Instrumental singular of przypadek. Compare Hungarian esetleg.
🔊 Near-synonyms: aby, czasami, czasem
🔊 Nie masz przypadkiem klucza?
accidentally, by chance · fortuitously · as it happens, by coincidence
eş: sattumoisin
maybe, perchance, roughly, with a verb happen to
köken: eset (“case, occurrence, happening”) + -leg (“-ly”, adverb-forming suffix). Compare Polish przypadkiem.
perhaps; maybe; probably; I guess.
köken: From agak + -nya.
🔊 Agaknya hujan petang ini.
🔊 Dia lambat, agaknya jalan sesak.