modal · particlejust, simply, indicating that something is generally known or cannot be changed, and is therefore to be accepted; often equivalent to a shrug

Er ist eben ein Idiot...He's an idiot, that's just how he is...

modal · particlejust, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication

Ich geh mal eben zur Theke.I'll just go to the bar.

just; a moment ago

Wo ist denn dein Mann? Der saß doch eben noch hier.Where's your husband? He was sitting here just a minute ago.

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Und du kannst mir sagen, wie gut (oder schlecht eben...) es ist.And you can tell me how good (or even how bad...) it is.

literary · with a demonstrative determiner or pronounexactly, very

Es sollte eben diese Entscheidung sein, die ihn in den Bankrott treiben würde.It would be this very decision that drove him into bankruptcy.

now , this very moment

Eben beginnt es zu regnen.

exactly; used to express agreement with an argument while not having needed convincing

[ES> Professionelle Anwendungen interessieren sich heute eigentlich kaum noch fuer die zur Verfuegung stehende Rechenleistung.] Eben. Und das ist es, was ich allem voran bemaengele.[ES> Professional applications honestly hardly even care about the available computing power anymore, nowadays.] Exactly. And that is what I criticize most of all.