offenbar
apparently
adverb adjective OF-fen-bar Less Common
Origin: from offen ('open')
Also means
evident
Usage Note
offenbar as an adverb means 'apparently' or 'evidently', signalling an inference. As an adjective it means 'obvious'. Don't confuse it with offensichtlich ('clearly visible'), which is more strongly evidential, or with the verb offenbaren ('to reveal').
Examples
"Er ist offenbar krank."
Natural Translation
He is apparently ill.
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