anders

anders

"Different" or "otherwise."

The word 'anders' emphasizes a difference between the actual situation and the expectation.

Die Situation war anders, als wir erwartet hatten.

The situation was different than we had expected.

'Anders' indicates an alternative way of solving something in this context.

Ich habe es anders gelöst, denn das erschien mir effektiver.

I solved it differently because that seemed more effective to me.

Here, 'anders' conveys the idea of an alternative or different focus of thought.

Er denkt immer an etwas anderes, als wir besprechen.

He is always thinking about something else than what we are discussing.