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Ich komme auf jeden Fall.

Ich komme auf jeden Fall.
I am definitely coming.
From Lesson 96:Saying what you think·German

Breakdown of Ich komme auf jeden Fall.

ich
I
kommen
to come
auf jeden Fall
definitely, in any case

Questions & Answers about Ich komme auf jeden Fall.

Why does this sentence translate to "I am definitely coming" when there is no word for "definitely"?
The phrase auf jeden Fall is a fixed idiom in German. While it literally translates to "on every case," native speakers use it all the time to mean "definitely," "absolutely," or "in any case."
Why does the word jeden end in "-en" here?
The phrase uses the masculine noun der Fall (the case). In this specific expression, the preposition auf requires the accusative case. That means the word for "every" (jeder) takes the masculine accusative ending, becoming jeden.
Since I am coming in the future, shouldn't it be Ich werde kommen?
You can use the future tense, but German speakers usually just use the simple present tense (Ich komme) to talk about the future. As long as the context makes it clear you mean a future event, the present tense sounds very natural and is generally preferred.
How would I change this sentence to say "I am definitely NOT coming"?
You would replace the word jeden (every) with keinen (no). The phrase auf keinen Fall means "under no circumstances" or "definitely not," making the sentence Ich komme auf keinen Fall.

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