adverb#164 by frequency
etwa
/ˈɛtva/
approximately; for instance; by any chance, possibly
Meanings
- 1
approximately
Sie sind etwa so alt wie du.
They are about your age.
Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich bin etwa so alt wie du.
I am about your age.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
for instance
- 3
by any chance, possibly
- 4
really; expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answerrare