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German
Etymology
Univerbation of so + sehr.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
sosehr
- as much as, however
- Synonym: wiesehr
Ich schaffte es nicht, sosehr ich mich bemühte.- I couldn't make it no matter how hard I tried.
1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 4, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre , volume 1; republished as Thomas Carlyle, transl., 1824:Nunmehr konnte mich der Hanswurst, sosehr er mit seinen Absätzen klapperte, nicht unterhalten.- Henceforth, Jack-pudding, however he might clatter with his heels, could not any longer entertain me.
Further reading
- “sosehr” in Duden online
- “sosehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache