anybody

anybody
noun & pronoun
1) (whoever) jeder

anybody and everybody — jeder Beliebige

2) (somebody) [irgend]jemand

how could anybody be so cruel? — wie kann man nur so grausam sein?

there wasn't anybody there — es war niemand da

I've never seen anybody who ... — ich habe noch keinen gesehen, der ...

he is a match for anybody — er kann sich mit jedem od. jedermann messen

anybody but — jeder[mann] außer

it's anybody's match — das Spiel ist offen

what will happen is anybody's guess — was geschehen wird, [das] weiß keiner

he's not [just] anybody — er ist nicht [einfach] irgendwer

3) (an important person) jemand; wer (ugs.)

everybody who was anybody was there — alles, was Rang und Namen hatte, war da

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pronoun
1) ((in questions, and negative sentences etc) some person: Is anybody there?) irgendjemand
2) (any person, no matter which: Get someone to help - anyone will do.) irgendjemand
3) (everyone: Anyone could tell you the answer to that.) jeder/jede
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any·body
[ˈeniˌbɒdi, AM -ˌbɑ:di]
any·one
[ˈeniˌwʌn, -wən]
pron indef
1. (any person) jede(r, s)
\anybody could do it jeder könnte das machen
it was still \anybody's game at half-time zur Halbzeit war das Spiel noch offen
anybody and everybody, anyone and everyone jeder Beliebige, alle Leute
to be \anybody's guess völlig offen sein
not \anybody niemand
there wasn't \anybody there/around es war niemand da
2. (someone) [irgend]jemand
does \anybody here look familiar? kennst du hier jemand[en]?
\anybody else? noch jemand?
\anybody else for coffee? möchte noch jemand Kaffee?
3. (important person) jemand, wer fam
\anybody who is \anybody jeder, der etwas auf sich hält
4. (unimportant person)
he's not just \anybody er ist nicht irgendwer fam
5.
to be \anybody's (fam) leicht zu haben sein sl
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['enIbɒdɪ]
1. pron
1) (irgend)jemand, (irgend)eine(r)

not ... anybody — niemand, keine(r)

is anybody there? — ist (irgend)jemand da?

(does) anybody want my book? — will jemand or einer mein Buch?

I can't see anybody —

don't tell anybody — erzähl das niemand(em) or keinem

2) (= no matter who) jede(r)

anybody will tell you the same — jeder wird dir dasselbe sagen

anybody with any sense — jeder halbwegs vernünftige Mensch

it's anybody's game/race — das Spiel/Rennen kann von jedem gewonnen werden

anybody but him, anybody else — jeder außer ihm, jeder andere

is there anybody else I can talk to? — gibt es sonst jemand(en), mit dem ich sprechen kann?

I don't want to see anybody else — ich möchte niemand anderen sehen

2. n
(= person of importance) jemand, wer (inf)

she'll never be anybody — sie wird nie wer sein (inf)

he's not just anybody — er ist nicht einfach irgendwer or irgendjemand

everybody who is anybody was there — alles, was Rang und Namen hat, war dort

he wasn't anybody before she married him — er war niemand, bevor sie ihn geheiratet hat

Lucy was anybody's last night ( Brit inf ) — Lucy hat gestern Abend mit jedem rumgemacht (inf)

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anybody pron & s
1. irgendjemand, irgendeine(r), ein Beliebiger, eine Beliebige:
is he anybody at all? fig ist er denn überhaupt wer?;
ask anybody you meet frage den ersten Besten, den du triffst;
Mary can do it, if anybody can wenn es überhaupt jemand machen kann, dann Mary
2. jeder (-mann):
anybody who jeder, der; wer;
hardly anybody kaum jemand, fast niemand;
not anybody niemand, keiner;
anybody but you jeder andere eher als du; academic.ru/32790/guess">guess C
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noun & pronoun
1) (whoever) jeder

anybody and everybody — jeder Beliebige

2) (somebody) [irgend]jemand

how could anybody be so cruel? — wie kann man nur so grausam sein?

there wasn't anybody there — es war niemand da

I've never seen anybody who ... — ich habe noch keinen gesehen, der ...

he is a match for anybody — er kann sich mit jedem od. jedermann messen

anybody but — jeder[mann] außer

it's anybody's match — das Spiel ist offen

what will happen is anybody's guess — was geschehen wird, [das] weiß keiner

he's not [just] anybody — er ist nicht [einfach] irgendwer

3) (an important person) jemand; wer (ugs.)

everybody who was anybody was there — alles, was Rang und Namen hatte, war da

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pron.
irgendeiner pron.
irgendjemand pron.
jeder pron.
jeder beliebige pron.
jemand pron.

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