Adverb

mitunter

sometimes, occasionally, at times

Mitunter regnet es hier auch im Sommer.

Sometimes it rains here even in summer.

Er kann mitunter recht unfreundlich sein.

He can be quite unfriendly at times.

((Sentence adverb)) sometimes, at times Mitunter ist das Leben kompliziert.

Synonyms: manchmal, gelegentlich, bisweilen; Antonyms: immer, stets, nie

From 'mit' (with) and 'unter' (among, under). Literally 'with under', implying something happens among other things.

Think of it as an event happening 'among' ('unter') other times, so not always, but sometimes.

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