"as a matter of principle" in German as a matter of principle im Prinzip prinzipiell grundsätzlich Detailed translations for "as a matter of principle" as a matter of principle as a matter of principle(also: in principle, principally, essentially) im Prinzip as a matter of principle prinzipiell as a matter of principle(also: fundamentally, in principle, inherently, as a basic principle) grundsätzlich{adverb}