je nachdem
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
- as the case may be, depending on the circumstances, depending on which is the case
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 14:
- Es war aber auch eine Gegend, über die sich viel lernen ließ, und weltbekannte Orte enthielt sie, bei deren Nennung man stolz oder traurig werden konnte, je nachdem.
- But it was really a region that one could learn a lot about, and it contained world-famous places, at the mention of which one could become proud or sad, as the case may be.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 14:
- (with ob (“whether”), or with any interrogative) depending on
- je nachdem, ob man es gut findet ― depending on whether one likes it
- je nachdem, wer es ist ― depending on who it is
- je nachdem, wann ― depending on when [it is], depending on the time
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