How do you express "ever" in German?
Hi, I cannot solve this problem: I would like to express for example: Have you ever been to London? I am Czech and in my language it is simply expressed by word "někdy", however in dictionary there are 9 words, that fit to někdy, and I am pretty sure that not all of them would express it :)

Thanks!

Question

How do you express "ever" in German?
Hi, I cannot solve this problem: I would like to express for example: Have you ever been to London? I am Czech and in my language it is simply expressed by word "někdy", however in dictionary there are 9 words, that fit to někdy, and I am pretty sure that not all of them would express it :)

Thanks!

Answer

It depends on the context.

Have you ever been to London? = Bist du jemals in London gewesen? Bist du schon mal in London gewesen?

For other contexts, you should use other words. There's a reason why there are 9 choices. :-)

More meanings in context, with translation:
http://de.pons.com/%C3%BCbersetzung?q=ever&l=deen&in=&lf=

More examples, from real-world translated texts:
http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&query=ever

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