nevertheless

English

Alternative forms

• ne'ertheless (archaic or poetic)
• nethertheless (dated, nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) +‎ the +‎ less; compare never the wiser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/

  • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

    (file)

Adverb

nevertheless (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:11, column 2:

     Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.

   • 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist:

     Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.

Synonyms

• (in spite of what preceded): even so, however, nonetheless, still, though, yet, notwithstanding; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Translations

in spite of what preceded

• Arabic: وَمَعَ ذٰلِكَ (wa-maʕa ḏālika), بِالرَّغْمِ مِن ذٰلِكَ (bi-r-raḡmi min ḏālika)

  Egyptian Arabic: بالرغم من كدا (be-r-raḡm men keda)

• Bengali: অথচ (bn) (othoc)
• Bulgarian: въпреки това (vǎpreki tova), все пак (vse pak)
• Catalan: nogensmenys (ca), no obstant (ca), tanmateix (ca), ara bé
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 還是／还是 (zh) (háishi), 然而 (zh) (rán'ér), 仍然 (zh) (réngrán), 儘管如此, 尽管如此 (jǐnguǎn rúcǐ)

• Czech: nicméně (cs)
• Danish: alligevel (da), ikke desto mindre
• Dutch: niettemin (nl), niettegenstaande (nl), toch (nl), desondanks (nl), desalniettemin (nl), alhoewel (nl)
• Esperanto: malgraŭe, tamen (eo)
• Estonian: ikka (et)
• Finnish: siitä huolimatta, kuitenkin (fi), joka tapauksessa (fi), kumminkin (fi), , silti (fi), yhtä kaikki (fi)
• French: néanmoins (fr), toutefois (fr), pourtant (fr), malgré tout (fr), nonobstant (fr), cependant (fr), cela étant (fr), tout de même (fr)
• Galician: no entanto (gl), orasme, porén (gl), nembargantes
• German: nichtsdestoweniger (de), trotzdem (de), auch wenn, dennoch (de), unbenommen (de); nichtsdestotrotz (de) (colloquial, humorous)
• Greek: ωστόσο (el) (ostóso), μολαταύτα (el) (molatáfta), μολοντούτο (el) (molontoúto), παρ' όλα αυτά (par' óla aftá), εν τούτοις (el) (en toútois)

  Ancient Greek: καίτοι (kaítoi), ὅμως (hómōs), καὶ ὡς (kaì hōs)

• Hebrew: על כל פנים (al kól panim)
• Hungarian: mindamellett (hu), mindazonáltal (hu), azonban (hu), ettől függetlenül
• Icelandic: engu að síður, samt sem áður, eigi að síður
• Ido: tamen (io), malgre (io)
• Interlingua: nonobstante
• Irish: mar sin féin
• Italian: nondimeno (it), tuttavia (it), eppure (it), nonostante (it), ciononostante (it)
• Japanese: それでも (ja) (sore demo), やはり (ja) (yahari), それにもかかわらず (sore ni kakawarazu), しかも (ja) (shikamo)
• Korean: 그렇지만 (ko) (geureochiman)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای (sererray)

  Northern Kurdish: tevî jî, dîsan jî (ku)

• Latin: tamen (la), attamen, nihilominus
• Malagasy: na dia izany aza (mg)
• Maori: he ahakoa, he ahakoa tonu, hei aha koa, aua atu (rā), hei aha (koa/noa iho), me aha koa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: likevel (no), allikevel (no), ikke desto mindre (no), likefullt

  Nynorsk: likevel

• Occitan: totparier
• Old Prussian: adder
• Persian: بااین‌وجود
• Plautdietsch: doch (nds)
• Polish: niemniej jednak (pl), jednakże (pl), jednakowoż (pl)
• Portuguese: não obstante (pt), no entanto (pt), contudo (pt), apesar de (pt), de qualquer jeito
• Quechua: ichaqa
• Romanian: totuși (ro), cu toate acestea
• Russian: тем не ме́нее (ru) (tem ne méneje) (most common translation), одна́ко (ru) (odnáko), зато́ (ru) (zató), но (ru) (no), несмотря́ на э́то (nesmotrjá na éto), всё-таки (ru) (vsjo-taki); но всё же (no vsjo že); но всё-таки (no vsjo-taki); но, несмотря на это (no, nesmotrja na eto); но, как бы то ни было (no, kak by to ni bylo) (common, colloquial), вместе с тем (ru) (vmeste s tem)
• Serbo-Croatian: ipak (sh), usprkos tome
• Slovak: jednako (sk), napriek tomu, ničmenej
• Spanish: sin embargo (es), a pesar de esto, con todo, con todo y eso, no obstante (es), pese a ello
• Swedish: icke desto mindre (sv), likväl (sv), likafullt (sv), ändå (sv), ändock (sv)
• Tagalog: datapwat, gayunpaman, ganun pa man, ganoon pa man, gayumpaman
• Telugu: అయినా (te) (ayinā)
• Turkish: bununla birlikte (tr), buna rağmen, buna karşın, herşeye rağmen
• Venetan: epura (vec), epur
• Vietnamese: tuy vậy (vi), tuy thế (vi)
• West Flemish: pertank
• Yiddish: פֿונדעסטוועגן (fundestvegn)

Further reading

• “nevertheless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “nevertheless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.