einerseits
German, adverb[ˈʔaɪ̯nɐzaɪ̯ts]
einerseits is spelled E-I-N-E-R-S-E-I-T-S (10 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einerseits is a German adverb meaning “on the one hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Adverb, das ein Thema in eine Zweigeteiltheit kategorisiert, von der die erste Seite folgt”.
What does einerseits mean in English?
adverb
- 1
on the one hand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Adverb, das ein Thema in eine Zweigeteiltheit kategorisiert, von der die erste Seite folgt 2. (räumlich) die eine Seite betreffend
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 einerseits?
- [ˈʔaɪ̯nɐzaɪ̯ts]
- [ˈaɪ̯nɐzaɪ̯t͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is einerseits in German?
einerseits appears 30 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).