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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "je-nachdem" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "je-nachdem" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Whatever also works as a translation ? Was looking at this sentence and I was thinking “whatever” is a smoother translation
” Man hat sich die neue Pink Floyd oder Deep Purple gekauft oder je nachdem, auf was man stand. “
It can work but you need to be careful that it doesn’t sound too “arbitrary” or dismissive. “je nachdem” does have a strong notion of “depending on” in it, while “whatever” can sound like something doesn’t matter that much. With “je nachdem”, it does matter and it depends on the preferences. So you be the judge if it works or not :)
Cool thanks for the the clarification
Off topic: you recently asked something relating to prallen, but I cannot find the comment. Do you remember where that was?
i was askeing about the core meaning cus there is a prefix version in the dictionary but no entry to “prallen” by itself. https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/aufeinanderprallen/ just
Is any of the 2 (or 3) Kommt drauf an / Hängt davon ab and Je nachdem considered more formal than the other?
Not really. I’d say as a stand alone, “hängt davon ab” is the least common and maybe “je nachdem” can easily go in a formal direction, but it’s not formal as a standalone. Like… I use “je nachdem” by itself all the time. “kommt drauf an” does sound a bit more colloquial though. In Formalese, it would be “darauf” and not “drauf”.