# eh

eh is a German conjunction meaning “before”.

## Conjunction

1. _colloquial_ before
   - Lass uns gehn, eh wir den Bus verpassen! — Let's go before we miss the bus!

## Adverb

1. _colloquial_ anyway, in any case
   - Du brauchst nicht laufen. Du kriegst die Bahn eh nicht. — No need to run. You won’t catch the tram anyways.
2. _Austria · Bavaria · colloquial_ well, admittedly (for which in Germany only schon is used)
   - Ich hab eh drüber nachgedacht, aber es wär nicht gegangen. — I did well consider it, but it wouldn't have worked out.
3. _Austria · Bavaria · colloquial_ intensifier in suggestive questions
   - Da ist eh kein Zucker drin, oder? — There's no sugar in it, is there?

## Examples

- Du hast ja eh nichts anderes zu tun. — It's not like you have anything else to do.
- Eh, Schlafmütze, aufwachen! — Oi, sleepyhead, wake up!
- Er ist so wie eh und je. — He's his usual self.
- Du wirst es ja eh nicht lesen. — You're not going to read it anyway.
- Man muß beide Teile hören, eh man urteilt. — You have to hear both sides before passing judgement.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/eh