you name it
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Pronoun edit
- (informal, idiomatic) All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.
- 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 114:
- By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name it, we'd had a gutful of it.
- There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake.
- - What can you buy over the Internet?
- You name it.
Descendants edit
- → Danish: you name it
- → German: you name it
Translations edit
you name it
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English you name it.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- (informal) you name it
- 2016, Peter H. Fogtdal, Skabsoptimisten, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- Her vokser timian, rosmarin, you name it ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2010, Anders Oehlenschlæger, Kakamega, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 403:
- 'Vi kan simpelthen ikke finde den mindste indikation i mandens bevægelsesmønster, hans evalueringsskemaer fra Miljø- & Energiministeriets, hans militærpapirer, hans bankopgørelser, hans telefonsamtaler – you name it.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2013, Per Nielsen, Søren Sorgenfri, Per Nielsen: 4 - Brøndby for evigt, Art People, →ISBN:
- Men i dag er det eksploderet. Du kan spille alle vegne. På computeren, mobiltelefonen, iPad. You name it.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2011, Jan Gintberg, Gintbergs verden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Portrætter, bøger, noveller, burgermenuer, you name it.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English you name it.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
- (colloquial) you name it
- 2017, Robert Karjel (unknown translator), Der Vermittler: Thriller, Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag →ISBN
- Jemand lachte: »Wir waren alles: Fahrer, Soldaten, Fahrzeugtechniker, you name it.«
- Someone laughed: "We were everything: drivers, soldiers, technicians of means of transport, you name it.
- 2009, Håkan Nesser, translated by Christel Hildebrandt, Mensch ohne Hund: Roman, btb Verlag, →ISBN:
- Wahrscheinlich eine ganze Menge. Irritation, Unruhe. Befürchtungen, Frustration, you name it.
- Probably quite a lot. Irritation, unrest. Misgivings, frustration, you name it.
- 2015, Christian Vogt, Lizenz zu Leben: Geschichten - Gedanken - Geheimnisse, neobooks, →ISBN:
- Schwer zu sagen, was es ist – der Humor, die Herkunft, Interessen, you name it.
- It is difficult to say what it is - the humour, the origins, interests, you name it.
- 2009, Stieg Larsson, Verblendung: Roman, Heyne Verlag, →ISBN:
- Aber denk noch mal nach: Die Wennerstroem Group ist ein Investmentunternehmen, das mit allem Möglichen handelt, womit man schnell gute Geschäfte machen kann – Wertpapiere, Optionen, Valuta ... you name it.
- But just think it over: The Wennerstroem group is an investment company, which deals in anything with which one may quickly make good deals - security papers, options, currency ... you name it.
- 2014, Rüdiger Esch, Electri_City: Elektronische Musik aus Düsseldorf, Suhrkamp Verlag, →ISBN:
- Trans Europa Express war alles: retro, futuristisch, melancholisch, technisch, zeitlos, modern, traditionell, zukunftsweisend - you name it.
- Trans Europa Express was everything: retro, futuristic, melancholic, technical, timeless, modern, traditional, to-the-future-pointing - you name it.
- 2015, Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Kerstin Hartmann, Wie in einem Spiegel: Krimi, S. Fischer Verlag, →ISBN:
- Doch, ein paar Gastauftritte in Oslo, natürlich, Stavanger, Haugesund, you name it.»
- A few guest performances in Oslo, of course, Stavanger, Haugesund, you name it.
- 2017, Robert Karjel (unknown translator), Der Vermittler: Thriller, Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag →ISBN