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German

Meanings

  1. as it were, so to speak, effectively, essentially; used to mark a description as figurative, simplified or otherwise not to be taken as absolute, but illustrative of an important point

  2. as good as, basically, virtually, more or less; used to describe a process or change of state that has not been technically completed, but the remainder is considered minor or a mere formality

    Ich bin mit dem Studium quasi fertig.I'm as good as done with my degree.

  3. vergleichend · Einleitung eines Gleichnisses oder einer Übertreibungquasi; sort of; virtually; so to say; so to speak

    Ich bin quasi der Kaiser vom Schrottplatz.

  4. abschwächend · eine Annäherung oder starke Tendenz ausdrückendpractically; virtually; pretty much; as good as; basically; more or less; kind of

Examples

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Wir sind quasi eine Familie.We're practically family.
Musik ist Marias Leben; die Schule läuft quasi nebenher.Music is Mary's life; school is almost an afterthought.
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Die Battieren hier sind noch völlig unverbraucht. Sie sind quasi neu.These batteries are still fully charged. They're as good as new.
Ich habe Esperanto quasi spielend gelernt.I learned Esperanto almost as a game.
Dank des Internets kann man quasi alles lernen.Thanks to the Internet, you can learn virtually anything.
Er ist quasi ganz süß.He's semicute.
In deutschen Supermärkten findet man quasi nur noch Eier aus Boden- oder Freilandhaltung.Nowadays in German supermarkets, the eggs you'll find are almost all barn and free-range.