No. 13,418 in German
beliebig
"Beliebig" means "any" or "arbitrary" in English.
In a sentence
Du kannst eine beliebige Farbe für dein Design auswählen.
You can choose any color for your design.
Here, 'beliebig' is used to mean 'any' or 'whichever', indicating an unrestricted choice among options.
In dem Spiel kannst du beliebig viele Punkte sammeln.
In the game, you can collect as many points as you want.
In this sentence, 'beliebig' conveys the idea of 'as many as desired' or 'arbitrary amount', emphasizing a lack of limitation.
Die Sequenz kann in beliebiger Reihenfolge abgespielt werden.
The sequence can be played in any order.
'Beliebig' here signifies that the order in which something is done does not matter, implying flexibility.
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