sowieso

anyway

adverb ZOH-vee-zoh Rare

Also means

in any case

Usage Note

sowieso marks something true irrespective of circumstances, colloquial counterpart to ohnehin. Casually it can stand alone as a dismissive of course, naturally. Very common in spoken German.

Examples

"Ich gehe sowieso einkaufen, ich kann dir etwas mitbringen."

Natural Translation

I'm going shopping anyway, I can bring you something.

Literal Translation

I go anyway shopping, I can to-you something along-bring.

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