any Definition auf Deutsch

• 0 one, some, no matter which -- irgendeiner/irgendeine/irgendeines

  • ‘Which dresses shall I pack?’ ‘Pack any (dresses)’.

  • ‘Which dress shall I wear?’ ‘Wear any (dress)’

• 1 (in questions and negative sentences etc) one, some -- irgendwelcher/irgendwelche/irgendwelches

  • We have hardly any coffee left.

  • Have you been to any interesting places?

  • John has been to some interesting places but I’ve never been to any

• 2 every -- jeder/jede/jedes

  • Any schoolboy could tell you the answer.

• 3 at all; (even) by a small amount -- irgendwie

  • Is this book any better than the last one?