ELSE - Translation from English into German

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English

German

else [els] ADV inv

1. else (other, different):

why else would he come?: warum sollte er denn sonst kommen?

if all else fails ...: wenn alle Stricke reißen ...

someone [or somebody]else: jemand anders

this must be someone else's bag: die Tasche muss jemand anderem [o. jemand anders] gehören

I didn't tell anybody else: ich habe es niemand anders [o. niemand anderem] erzählt

anyone else but her would have left: jede andere wäre gegangen

something else: etwas anderes

anything else would be fine: alles andere wäre toll inf

somewhere else: woanders

she doesn't want to live anywhere else: sie will nirgendwo [o. nirgends] anders leben

does this exist anywhere else?: gibt es das noch irgendwo anders?

everybody [or everyone]else: alle anderen

everything else: alles andere

everywhere else: überall sonst

nobody [or no one]/nothing else: niemand/nichts anders

nothing else would do: alles andere wäre inakzeptabel

how/what/where/who else ...?: wie/was/wo/wer sonst ...?

who else but her could do such a thing?: wer außer ihr würde so was machen?

2. else (additional):

else: sonst noch

why else should I stay?: warum sollte ich denn sonst noch bleiben?

there's not much else you could do: viel mehr kannst du nicht machen

someone [or somebody]else: sonst noch jemand

I don't want anyone else but you to come: ich will, dass außer dir [sonst] keiner kommt

something else: sonst noch etwas

the police could not detect anything else: die Polizei konnte nichts mehr herausfinden

anything else, madam?: darf es sonst noch etwas sein?

somewhere else: noch woanders

should I look somewhere else?: soll ich noch woanders suchen?

nobody [or no one]/nothing else: sonst niemand [o. keiner] /nichts

no, thank you, nothing else: nein danke, das ist alles

there's nothing else for me to do here: es gibt hier nichts mehr für mich zu tun

he just hates me and nothing else: er hasst mich einfach!

if nothing else, you'll earn a lot of money: auf jeden Fall wirst du viel Geld verdienen

what/where/who else ...?: was/wo/wer ... sonst noch ...?

what else can I do?: was kann ich sonst noch tun?

3. else (otherwise):

else: sonst

else: andernfalls

you'd better go now, [or] else you'll miss the bus: du solltest besser gehen, sonst verpasst du noch den Bus

be quiet, or else! inf: sei still, sonst gibt's was!

she's either ... or else ...: entweder sie ist ... oder ...

ˈelse rule N COMPUT

else rule: ELSE-Regel f

to package sth as sth else: etw als etw (akk) anderes vermarkten

sth kicks into sth else: etw geht in etw acc über

German

English

woandershin: somewhere else

jdn an jdn/etw weiterverweisen Facharzt/Amt: to refer sb to sb else

woanders: somewhere else

anderswo: somewhere else

anderswohin: somewhere else

anderswoher: from somewhere else

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she doesn't want to live anywhere else: sie will nirgendwo [o. nirgends] anders leben

the police could not detect anything else: die Polizei konnte nichts mehr herausfinden

he just hates me and nothing else: er hasst mich einfach!

she puts her job above everything else: für sie geht ihr Beruf allem anderen vor

she puts her job above everything else: sie stellt ihren Beruf vor allem anderen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

We must either have no college at all or else have one that may be in all respects worthy of the name.

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As painful and painstaking as it can be, a successful sales strategy requires your close attention, so don't leave it entirely to someone else.

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If all else fails, try washing-up liquid.

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Some of us are haunted by memories and experiences that seem to bear down on everything else.

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Being fit does not make someone a fitness expert, nor does working out give them the foundation of knowledge required to safely and properly train someone else.

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