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außer

except

preposition OW-ser Less Common
Grammar & Structure Prepositions

Also means

besides

Usage Note

außer normally takes the dative and means 'except for' or 'apart from': außer mir. The fixed phrase außer Betrieb means 'out of order', and außer sich sein means 'to be beside oneself'. As a conjunction außer dass introduces 'except that'.

Examples

"Alle kamen außer ihm."

Natural Translation

Everyone came except him.

Literal Translation

All came except him.

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