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übrigens

by the way

adverb UEW-bri-gens Rare
Communication Expressions

Also means

incidentally

Usage Note

übrigens introduces an aside or afterthought, often slotted into mid-sentence. As a fronting element it triggers verb-second order: Übrigens kommt sie später. It softly flags supplementary, non-essential information.

Examples

"Übrigens, ich habe gestern deinen Bruder getroffen."

Natural Translation

By the way, I ran into your brother yesterday.

Literal Translation

By-the-way, I have yesterday your brother met.

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