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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "lediglich" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "lediglich" 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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a word i seem to look up literally twice a week but can never remember. what is it with this word.
Btw you missed a question from 2 years ago about the idea of if you can use this for all senses of “only”?
I’m just wondering about all the possible ways you can use only and just.
Could you say Ich habe lediglich das book angefangen? I have only begun the book
or er hat lediglich 10 Euro in seinem Portmonaie He only had 10 euros in his wallet
Er war lediglich vor 2 Minuten da
He was just here two minutes agp.
Just realised there is an article on erledigen, still not used to stuff been hidden, will check that out in the morning : )
Great question!
I’d say no. I feel like “lediglich” is like “not a big deal”, but in a very formal way.
If you use it in your example, that sounds like you’re answering to a book store clerk who is asking you what the hell you’re doing in the chair in the reading corner.
For 10 Euro it would work, but it sound weird. Like… there needs to be a reason why you would pick this over “nur”.
The third example does not work at all and neither would “nur”. If you want to have the words target the time, you need to put them AFTER “vor” (“vor nur 2 Minuten). Otherwise you’re targeting “da sein” and not the short time.
Cool, that makes it way clearer for me.