English-German translations for by the way

• übrigens
  Übrigens besteht im Irak derzeit ein Verbot für GVO. By the way, Iraq currently has a GM ban.
  Herr Schnellhardt ist übrigens auch Mediziner. Mr Schnellhardt, by the way, is a medic too.
  Sie haben übrigens großartige Arbeit geleistet. By the way, I think you have done great work.
• apropos
• imfall
• nebenbei
  Und nebenbei bemerkt, das sind nicht nur meine Prioritäten. By the way, these are not just my priorities.
  Das war, nebenbei bemerkt, auch die Botschaft, die in New York von uns ausgegangen ist. That was, by the way, the message we gave in New York.
  Das sind, nebenbei gesagt, 46 % der bisherigen Gesamtsumme. That is, by the way, 46 % of the total contributions to date.
• sonst

Definition of by the way

• Incidentally; a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened
• Irrelevantly, off-topic.

Examples

• His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert

Related words

• fall by the wayside
• oh by the way
• throw the baby out with the bathwater
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• throw the baby out with bathwater