German

Adverb

ihretwegen

1. because of her, for her sake

   Das ist alles ihretwegen passiert.

   All of this happened because of her.

2. because of them, for their sake

   Das ist alles ihretwegen passiert.

   All of this happened because of them.

3. as far as she is concerned (she doesn't mind if); for all she cares

   Ihretwegen kannst du mitkommen.

   As far as she is concerned, you can come with us.

Usage notes

Colloquially, this term is usually constructed with the seperated form (especially in the southern language area), thus wegen ihr (singular) and wegen ihnen (plural) instead of ihretwegen. In sense 3, however, both are equally common in the vernacular.