Genitive preposition 'ungeachtet' (regardless of)

Genitivpräposition 'ungeachtet'

'ungeachtet' (regardless of) takes the .

Structure

ungeachtet + Genitiv (trotz)

ungeachtet + genitive (in spite of)

Details

Part of Speech: Preposition
Word Type: Genitive preposition
Register: Formal

Explanation

ungeachtet means regardless of / notwithstanding and governs the genitive. It expresses a concession - something happens despite a counter-circumstance. It can stand before its or, especially with dessen, follow it.

Pattern: ungeachtet + (or … ungeachtet).

Ungeachtet aller Warnungen fuhr er weiter. - Regardless of all warnings he drove on.
Ungeachtet der Risiken hielt man am Plan fest. - Notwithstanding the risks, they stuck to the plan.
Die Kosten waren hoch; dessen ungeachtet wurde investiert. - The costs were high; notwithstanding this, they invested.

Common mistakes:

Using the (wrong: ungeachtet allen Warnungen; right: aller Warnungen).
Confusing it with unbeachtet (= unnoticed), which is unrelated.

About Genitive preposition 'ungeachtet' (regardless of)

'ungeachtet' (regardless of) takes the .

Means 'regardless of / despite'; takes the .

'ungeachtet' (trotz) steht mit dem .

Caution

Formal 'regardless of': 'ungeachtet aller Warnungen'. Can also follow its noun.