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else

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adjective

Sonstige, andere

(used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

Examples :

"The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?"

Der Lehrer ist beschäftigt. Kann mir sonst noch jemand helfen?

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adverb

Sonst, andernfalls

(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

Examples :

"How else (=in what other way) can it be done?"

Wie sonst kann es gemacht werden?

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conjunction

Andernfalls, sonst

For otherwise; or else.

Examples :

"Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent."

Dann muss die Wronski-Determinante von f und g ungleich Null sein, andernfalls wären sie nicht linear unabhängig.

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