Adverb

übrigens

Translation

by the way, incidentally

Übrigens, hast du den Film gesehen?

By the way, have you seen the movie?

Ich gehe einkaufen. Übrigens, wir brauchen Milch.

I'm going shopping. By the way, we need milk.

übrigens, ... by the way, ... By the way, the weather is nice today.

..., übrigens, ... ..., by the way, ... I'll come later, and by the way, I'm bringing cake.

Synonyms: incidentally, apropos

Comes from 'übrig,' meaning 'remaining.' It's used to add a thought that was 'remaining' or that you just remembered.

Imagine you have one last piece of information 'left over' (übrig) to share. That's when you use 'übrigens'.