Been chatting to my good mate Rudi this week who introduced me to the word ‘trotzdem’. Sort of an English ‘whatever’…I think, but something along those lines. Something like ‘although I have a different opionion, I understand your point of view’. Needs some thinking about.
Or something to throw in at the next cocktail party I’m at in Germany:
‘Crystal Palace hätte trotzdem nicht getroffen’.