somebody

somebody
some·body [ʼsʌmbədi, Am - ˌbɑ:di] pron
indef
1) (anyone) jemand;
if \somebody should find out what we're doing, we'd get in a lot of trouble wenn jemand draufkommt, was wir machen, bekommen wir ganz schöne Schwierigkeiten
2) (one person) irgendwer;
\somebody must have seen what happened irgendwer muss gesehen haben, was geschehen ist;
surely \somebody knows where the documents are sicher weiß jemand, wo die Dokumente sind;
\somebody from the audience shouted out jemand aus dem Publikum schrie heraus (fam);
we'll need a software engineer or \somebody on the project team wir brauchen einen Informatiker oder so in unserem Projektteam;
we need \somebody English to check our translation wir brauchen jemand Englischsprachigen, der die Übersetzung prüft
3) (unnamed, unknown person) jemand;
\somebody told me that you were moving jemand hat mir erzählt, dass ihr umzieht;
there's \somebody at the door jemand ist an der Tür;
\somebody or other irgendwer;
\somebody or other called for you while you were out and wouldn't leave a name irgendwer hat angerufen, als du fort warst, und den Namen nicht hinterlassen
4) (some non-specified person of a group) irgendwer;
\somebody should take care of that - it looks terrible jemand sollte sich darum kümmern - es sieht schrecklich aus;
I wish \somebody would finally tell the boss what an idiot he was! ich wünschte, irgendwer würde dem Chef endlich sagen, was für ein Idiot er ist!;
\somebody else jemand anders;
\somebody or other jemand anders
5) (important person)
to be \somebody jemand sein;
I'd like to be \somebody ich möchte jemand werden n <pl -dies> (important person) wichtige Person;
nobodies who want to become somebodies Nobodys, die wichtig werden wollen

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