as if

Bedeutung (English)

Conj

1. As though; in a manner suggesting.
2. In mimicry of.

Intj

Refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.

Konzepte

als ob

als

als wenn

solch ein

so wie

sozusagen

wenn

wie

gerade wie

gleich wie

gleiches Aussehen

genau so wie

von wegen

da

gleichsam

Synonyms

as though

like

as

such as

just like

in a way

same as

as it were

seem

I thought

supposing that

if

oh

similar

since

so to speak

such

truly

just as if

like that

similar to

very thing itself

according to

as when

at all

completely

directly

entirely

evidently

in case

just as

kind of

quasi

quite

resembling

seemingly

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˌæz‿ˈɪf/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: as ȝif

Inherited from Altenglisch: *ealswā ġif

Cognate with Niederländisch: alsof

Cognate with Niederdeutsch: as of

Cognate with Deutsch: als ob

In summary

From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”).

Sätze

His heart squeezed , as if his chest had suddenly compressed it .

Sein Herz drückte sich, als hätte seine Brust es plötzlich komprimiert.

The turf and gravel around it seemed charred as if by a sudden explosion .

Der Rasen und der Kies um ihn herum schien verkohlt zu sein, als ob sie durch plötzliche Explosion.