Publications
Publication details [#10009]
Weydt, Harald. 1979. Immerhin. In Weydt, Harald, ed. Die Partikeln der deutschen Sprache. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 335–348.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
German
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
'Immerhin' is used to locate the assertion of a sentence on a scale of expectation. To say 'immerhin p' implies that the speaker had an initial high expectation which is not fully satisfied. This does not, however, mean that his expectations have been totally disappointed. They have 'at least' (immerhin) come true to some extent.