unless

unless
conjunction
es sei denn; wenn ... nicht

I shall not do it unless I am paid for it — ich werde es nur tun, wenn ich dafür bezahlt werde

I shall expect you tomorrow unless I hear from you/hear to the contrary — falls od. sofern ich nichts von dir/nichts Gegenteiliges höre, erwarte ich dich morgen

I might go, but not unless I'm asked to — vielleicht gehe ich, aber nur, wenn man mich darum bittet

unless I'm [very much] mistaken — wenn ich mich nicht [sehr] irre od. täusche

unless otherwise indicated or stated — wenn nicht anders angegeben

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[ən'les]
conjunction
1) (if not: Don't come unless I telephone.) wenn...nicht
2) (except when: The directors have a meeting every Friday, unless there is nothing to discuss.) außer wenn
* * *
un·less
[ʌnˈles]
I. conj (except for when) außer wenn
don't promise anything \unless you're 100 per cent sure mach' keine Versprechungen, es sei denn, du bist hundertprozentig sicher!
we'll do it \unless we're told otherwise wir machen es, sofern man uns nichts anderes sagt
\unless otherwise agreed soweit nichts Gegenteiliges vereinbart
II. prep außer +dat
* * *
[ən'les]
conj
es sei denn; (at beginning of sentence) wenn ... nicht, sofern ... nicht

don't do it unless I tell you to — mach das nicht, es sei denn, ich sage es dir

unless I tell you to, don't do it — sofern or wenn ich es dir nicht sage, mach das nicht

unless I am mistaken ... — wenn or falls ich mich nicht irre ...

unless otherwise stated — sofern nicht anders angezeigt or angegeben

unless there is an interruption — vorausgesetzt, alles läuft ohne Unterbrechung

* * *
unless [ənˈles; ʌn-]
A konj wenn … nicht, sofern … nicht
B präp außer
* * *
conjunction
es sei denn; wenn ... nicht

I shall not do it unless I am paid for it — ich werde es nur tun, wenn ich dafür bezahlt werde

I shall expect you tomorrow unless I hear from you/hear to the contrary — falls od. sofern ich nichts von dir/nichts Gegenteiliges höre, erwarte ich dich morgen

I might go, but not unless I'm asked to — vielleicht gehe ich, aber nur, wenn man mich darum bittet

unless I'm [very much] mistaken — wenn ich mich nicht [sehr] irre od. täusche

unless otherwise indicated or stated — wenn nicht anders angegeben

* * *
conj.
außer wenn konj.
bis konj.
es sei denn konj.
wenn konj.
wenn nicht konj.

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