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The meaning of the German word "ohne" and how you use it

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ohne
(preposition) without This preposition always comes followed by the accusative case.
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Sie geht ohne Hilfe .
She's walking without help.
Er geht ohne seine Frau .
He's going without his wife.
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Sie können auch ohne Akku oder Stromquelle bequem lesen .
You can also conveniently read without a battery or power source.
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In der Türkei gibt es keine Party ohne Essen !
In Turkey there is no party without food!
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weil ohne dich die Gegenwart keinen Spaß bringt ,
because the present is no fun without you,
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ohne
(subordinating conjunction) without When we use "without" in English to mean ‘if you don't do something' we use the present continuous, eg: "You will not pass the test without studying hard." We can also do the same with "ohne" (without) in German, but instead of the present tense you use the 'zu-infinitive' form of the verb and put this at the end of the clause: zu + [verb]. eg; "Du wirst den Test nicht bestehen, ohne fleißig zu lernen." · If the subject is different in the second clause, then you need to use "ohne dass", and then form the 'dass' clause as normal, with conjugated verb sent to the end. (See example sentence three)
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Sie ging , ohne sich zu verabschieden .
She went without saying goodbye.
Sie zieht nach Paris um , ohne Französisch gelernt zu haben .
She's moving to Paris without having learnt French.
Er hat den Raum verlassen , ohne dass sie es bemerkten .
He left the room without them noticing.
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Ich bin einfach in den Konsumstreik getreten , ohne mit allen darüber zu sprechen
And I just got into the consumer strike without speaking to everyone about it
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Lerne warten , ohne zu klagen .
Learn to wait without complaining.
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Ich soll also , sagte er , mit Geduld ohne zu klagen auf die Tugend warten ,
I should therefore, he said, wait for the virtue with patience without complaining,
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ohne...Ende
(adv.) endlessly; without end; like you wouldn't believe; non-stop
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Wir feiern heute ohne Ende !
Today we're partying non-stop
Auf dem Radio spielen sie Hits ohne Ende !
On the radio they play hits non-stop!
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Das sogenannt e Pull-to-Refresh . Oder Scroll ohne Ende .
The so-called pull-to-refresh. Or endless scrolling.
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oben...ohne
(adv.) topless; without a top
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Wir gehen heute oben ohne .
Today we're going topless.
Warum dürfen Männer oben ohne rumlaufen aber Frauen nicht ?
Why are men allowed to walk around topless at the beach but women aren't?
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oder hab mir oben ohne Sticker von Samantha Fox in der Schießbude geschossen .
or shot down stickers of Samantha Fox for myself in the shooting gallery, topless.
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blau , oben ohne , mit einer Tüte in der Hand ,
blue, topless, with a bag in his hand,
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ohne...Frage
(adv.) without doubt
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Du kommst , ohne Frage .
You're coming, without a doubt.
Das wird ganz ohne Frage gehen , oder ?
That will work, without a doubt, right?
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Und das macht ihn ohne Frage noch gefährlicher .
And without a doubt, that makes it more dangerous yet.
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