ansonsten
German, conjunction/anˈzɔnstən/
ansonsten is spelled A-N-S-O-N-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansonsten is a German conjunction meaning “adversative conjunction, otherwise, for else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ansonsten mean in English?
adverb
- 1
otherwise, besides, beyond that, if that happen not
conjunction
- 1
adversative conjunction, otherwise, for else
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. im Übrigen, darüber hinaus 2. im anderen Fall, im gegensätzlichen Fall
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ansonsten?
- /anˈzɔnstən/
- [anˈzɔnstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ansonsten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ansonsten in German?
ansonsten appears 42 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).