ebent

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From eben with epithesis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːbɛnt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adverb

ebent

  1. (regional, northern and central Germany, nonstandard) alternative form of eben: just
    • 2016 June 23, Pia Frankenberg, “Die Wahrheit: Gene Hackman beim Fussball”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[1], →ISSN:
      Triumphierender Seufzer vorn. „Bei Hertha hat dit imma jeregnet. Aber mein Vater is trotzdem hin. Fußball war ebent sein Leben!“
      A triumphant sigh from up front. "With Hertha playin', there was always rain. But my father still went. Football was just his life, y'know!"

Interjection

ebent

  1. (regional, northern and central Germany, nonstandard) alternative form of eben, used to express agreement; exactly
    Na ebent! ― Exactly!

Further reading

  • “ebent”, in Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache‎[2], 2012
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