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beziehungsweise.

and … respectively

15 characters5 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

conj/bəˈtsiːʊŋsˌvaɪ̯zə/

  1. and … respectively

    Es gibt ein Taschenbuch und eine gebundene Ausgabe, die 12 beziehungsweise 18 Franken kosten.

  2. or alternatively, also

    broadly
    „Ehre“ heißt auf Englisch honour beziehungsweise honor.

  3. or rather, actually, more precisely

    broadly
    Er liest das Buch, beziehungsweise: er hat es gestern durchgelesen.
Where this word comes from

From Beziehung + -s- + -weise, literally “relation-wise”.

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