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- Check "auf-einmal" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "auf-einmal" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
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I have found, in the book das Restaurant am Rande der Zeit, the expression “nicht einmal”, that I thought was to be translated “not even once”, while it actually has the opposite meaning. The phrase is: Nicht einmal ein Jahr nach Beginn seines Studiums verkündete Yuito, dieses wieder abbrechen zu wollen.“ What is the meaning of this expression?
“nicht einmal” and its shorter version “nicht mal” simply means “not even”. So the sentence starts with “not even a year after …”.
is it possible (or common ) to see this in formulations where you might use something like “einerseits / anderseits” . For example Ich bin auf einmal froh und doch traurig ” e.g. I am happy and sad at the same time”
Great question, and no, absolutely not.
It would sound like you’re suddenly happy and then the brain would get confused about the continuation of the sentence.
For the use as “at once” or “at the same time”, you pretty much always have a number there…. like “drei auf einmal” or something.
cool thanks for the answer