sonst.
otherwise (under different circumstances)
Meaning & usage
otherwise (under different circumstances)
Beeil dich, sonst kommen wir zu spät.
normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case)
Ich trinke sonst nicht so viel.
else
Sonst noch etwas?
Was soll es sonst sein?
so; then; consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative
Wenn wir jetzt losgehen, sind wir eh zu spät. Sonst lass uns morgen noch mal wiederkommen.
Wir gehen grad in die Stadt. Also, wenn du Lust hast... sonst komm doch mit!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German sunst, sust, sus, from Old High German sus (“thus”), from Proto-West Germanic *sus, from *swā (“so”), formally related to Proto-West Germanic *þus (“thus”). Cognate with Hunsrik sunst, Old Saxon sus (Middle Low German süs), archaic Dutch zonst (“otherwise”), Alemannic German sus and suscht.
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