sonst was

German

Alternative forms

• sonstwas

Etymology

sonst +‎ was

Pronoun

sonst was

1. (indefinite) something else, anything else

   Du hättest dir dabei sonst was brechen können.

   You could have broken something in the process.

   Wenn er wissen will, wo die Kinder sind, sagt auf dem Güterbahnhof. Oder sonstwas.

   When he wants to know where the children are, he says at the freight yard. Or something else.

Further reading

• “sonst was” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sonst was” in Duden online