adverb
by the way
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‘nebenbei’ means ‘by the way’, ‘incidentally’ or ‘in passing’. It’s a sentence adverb used to add secondary information or mention something casually. Not a preposition or verb, no auxiliary, and common in colloquial phrases like ‘nebenbei bemerkt’ to emphasize a remark very commonly today.
Examples
Er arbeitete nebenbei in der Bibliothek, während er für die Prüfung lernte.
He worked on the side in the library while he studied for the exam.
Nebenbei erwähnt: Das Meeting wurde auf nächste Woche verschoben.
By the way, the meeting was moved to next week.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture someone adding a short comment on the side while doing something else
sounds like 'nab and bye' — a quick aside
Notes
Used to add a short incidental remark; similar to 'by the way' or 'incidentally'.