maybe

Bedeutung (English)

Adv

1. Perhaps, possibly.
2. Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).
3. Certainly.

Adj

Possible; uncertain.

Noun

1. (informal) Something that is possibly true.
2. (informal) An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.
3. (informal) A future event that may or may not happen.

Konzepte

vielleicht

eventuell

möglicherweise

mag sein

plötzlich

womöglich

gegebenenfalls

durch Zufall

kann sein

durch einen glücklichen Umstand

Synonyms

perhaps

possibly

perchance

mayhap

probably

peradventure

could be

might

if

likely

haply

hopefully

or

possible

by some chance

almost

by chance

all of a sudden

ablins

can be

suddenly

nearly

possibility

presumably

probable

reckon

seemingly

sometimes

sort of

surely

think

🤔

unlikely

used to

and then

I guess

I think

like as not

not necessarily

it’s possible

hope to

praps

wish to

ablings

mayhappen

about

aiblins

although

anyhow

apparently

approximately

at a pinch

by any chance

conceivably

contingent

contingently

either

even

guess

have to

imagine

in any case

it seems

may

more or less

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmeɪbi/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch:

In summary

From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap.

Sätze

Maybe it was because they moved around so much .

Vielleicht lag es daran, dass sie sich so sehr bewegten.

Maybe the alchemist has never been in love , the boy thought .

Vielleicht war der Alchemist noch nie verliebt, dachte der Junge.

Maybe the church , with the sycamore growing from within , had been haunted .

Vielleicht war die Kirche, die von innen wuchsen, heimgesucht worden.