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sonst

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adverbcolloquial
  1. otherwiseunder different circumstances
  2. normally, usuallyas opposed to a particular case
  3. else
  4. so; then; consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative

Used in the library

  • Ich komme mit, sonst bist du allein.I'll come along, otherwise you'll be alone.A1Wörter, die Sätze verbinden — Words that join sentences (A1)
  • Meine Wohnung riecht nach Rauch, aber sonst ist alles okay.My flat smells of smoke, but otherwise everything is okay.A1Feuer im Haus — Fire in the building (A1)
  • „Geh ran, sonst denkst du die ganze Nacht nach.""Answer it, otherwise you'll be thinking about it all night."A1Ein Abend mit Lena — An evening with Lena (A1)
  • „Ich hoffe es. Sonst müssen wir es wieder runter ziehen.""I hope so. Otherwise we'll have to drag it back down."A1Der Umzug — Moving house (A1)

Other ways to say it

  • alsoso, therefore
  • andernfallsotherwise, or else
  • ansonstenotherwise, besides, beyond that, if that happen not
  • dannthen, after that; then, in that case
  • darüber hinausfurthermore, moreover; beyond it/this/that
  • normalerweisenormally
  • weiterfurther, farther, more; on; expresses the continuation of an action

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