ohnehin
German, adverb/oːnəˈhɪn/
ohnehin is spelled O-H-N-E-H-I-N (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ohnehin is a German adverb meaning “in any case, anyway, either way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sowieso; eh; egal, wie man es betrachtet oder was man tut”.
What does ohnehin mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in any case, anyway, either way
Ganz sicher kann man sich ohnehin nie sein.
- 2
already (further exacerbating the existing situation)
Die Behörden reagierten auf die Kundgebungen in mehreren Städten mit weitreichenden Beschränkungen des ohnehin zensierten Internets.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. sowieso; eh; egal, wie man es betrachtet oder was man tut
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 ohnehin?
- /oːnəˈhɪn/
- [ˈoːnəhɪn]
- [oːnəˈhɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ohnehin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ohnehin in German?
ohnehin appears 34 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).