perhaps

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Possibly.
2. (dated, not-comparable) By chance.

Noun

An uncertainty.

Concepten

misschien

mogelijk

wellicht

mogelijkerwijs

soms

het zou kunnen

allicht

mogelijkerwijs

vast

waarschijnlijk

wel

zeker

mogelijk

Synoniemen

maybe

possibly

probably

perchance

mayhap

may be

may

peradventure

might

or

could be

by some chance

really

possible

if

rather

it seems

sometimes

likely

either

haply

it may be

hopefully

all of a sudden

most likely

just

by some possibility

ablins

likely as not

about

presumably

ablings

suddenly

conceivably

I guess

can be

very likely

not necessarily

it’s possible

hope to

praps

don’t know

per chance

on the chance of

wish to

mayhappen

I'm afraid

as … as possible

only

aiblins

Vertalingen

vielleicht

peut-être

forse

quizás

quizá

tal vez

chissà

acaso

talvez

eventuell

belki

fortasse

ίσως

möglicherweise

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pəˈhæps/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: perhappes

In summary

From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).

Zinnen

Perhaps she had not come .

Misschien was ze niet gekomen.

" You will , perhaps , meet me tomorrow in Geneva ," she said .

"Je zult me ​​misschien morgen in Genève ontmoeten," zei ze.

Perhaps , we could meet at the institute around noon since I have a few things I need to attend to first .

Misschien kunnen we elkaar rond het middaguur ontmoeten in het instituut, omdat ik een paar dingen heb waar ik eerst mee moet aanwezig zijn.

The description ends abruptly during the Count's War , perhaps because of Helgesen's death .

De beschrijving eindigt abrupt tijdens de oorlog van de graaf, misschien vanwege de dood van Helgesen.