Connector
geschweige
let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less
The German connector geschweige means let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce… in English.
C1
rank #5,859
All meanings of geschweige
Connector
- let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less
geschweige in a German sentence
Ich kann Französisch nicht lesen, geschweige denn sprechen.
I can't read French, let alone speak it.