um … willen
German
Preposition
- for the sake of, for … sake
- Er hat es um seines Landes willen getan.
- He did it for the sake of his country.
- Um Gottes willen, hör auf damit!
- For God's sake, stop thatǃ
- Wir verfolgen die Tatsachen um ihrer selbst willen.
- We pursue the facts for their own sake.
Usage notes
This preposition (more specifically: circumposition) takes a genitive object.
Derived terms
- um meinetwillen, um deinetwillen, um seinetwillen, um ihretwillen, um unsertwillen, um euretwillen
- um Himmels willen
- um Gottes willen
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