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respective
Referring to a specific person, thing, or situation just mentioned; the corresponding one. It matches elements of one group with the corresponding elements of another group.
Die Gewinner können ihre Preise am jeweiligen Stand abholen.
The winners can pick up their prizes at the respective booth.
The adjective 'jeweilig' (respective) creates a connection to a previously mentioned group of people or things. It assigns something specific to each element of that group.
Die Schüler gingen nach dem Sportunterricht in ihre jeweiligen Klassenzimmer zurück.
After PE class, the students went back to their respective classrooms.
'Jeweilig' (respective) is used almost exclusively as an attributive adjective directly before a noun. You cannot use it as a standalone predicate in a sentence.
Bitte beachten Sie die jeweiligen Öffnungszeiten der Geschäfte.
Please note the respective opening hours of the shops.
Common combinations are 'die jeweilige Situation' (the respective situation), 'der jeweilige Kontext' (the respective context), or 'die jeweiligen Umstände' (the respective circumstances). It is often used to refer to something specific within a general framework.
Je nach der jeweiligen Situation müssen wir flexibel reagieren.
Depending on the respective situation, we need to react flexibly.
corresponding / according
Entsprechend and jeweilig can both express an assignment. Entsprechend emphasizes that something factually belongs to the appropriate case. Jeweilig, by contrast, distributes multiple things among their individual cases; it is especially suitable when each element in a group is meant to correspond to its own assigned element.
Ordnen Sie die Unterlagen den jeweiligen Fällen zu.
Assign the documents to the respective cases.
Ordnen Sie die Unterlagen dem entsprechenden Fall zu.
Assign the documents to the corresponding case.
