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jedenfalls

in any case

adverb YAY-den-fals Rare
Communication Expressions

Also means

anyway

Usage Note

jedenfalls resumes or sums up after a digression, like English anyway or at any rate. It often signals returning to the main point: Jedenfalls war es ein schöner Tag. It commits the speaker to at least the stated claim.

Examples

"Jedenfalls werde ich morgen nicht da sein."

Natural Translation

In any case, I won't be there tomorrow.

Literal Translation

In-any-case will I tomorrow not there be.

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