helt enkelt
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From helt (“wholly, completely, entirely”) + enkelt (“simply”). Likely a calque of French tout simplement, according to SAOB.
Adverb
[edit]helt enkelt (not comparable)
- simply, just, plain and simple (when stating something thought to be obvious or the like)
- Jag har inget emot det av principskäl, men det skulle helt enkelt inte fungera
- I have nothing against it as a matter of principle, but it simply wouldn't work
- Vi kommer inte få igång bilen, så vi får helt enkelt gå
- We won't get the car running, so we'll just have to walk
- Jag bryr mig inte om vad han kallar det. Det är stöld, helt enkelt.
- I don't care what he calls it. It's theft, plain and simple.
- simply (in a simple manner)
- De struntar helt enkelt i reglerna
- They simply don't care about the rules
- Vägen var avstängd, men vi tog helt enkelt en annan väg
- The road was closed, but we simply took another route