See oft on Wiktionary
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Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). 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Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203,\nThe moonlight falls the softest\nIn Kentucky;\nThe summer days come oftest\nIn Kentucky;" } ], "glosses": [ "often; frequently; not rarely" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ], [ "frequently", "frequently" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely" ], "tags": [ "dialectal", "in-compounds", "poetic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ɔft/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "enpr": "ôft", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɑft/", "tags": [ "cot-caught-merger" ] }, { "enpr": "ŏft", "tags": [ "cot-caught-merger" ] }, { "ipa": "/ɒft/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "enpr": "ŏft", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɒft" }, { "audio": "en-us-oft.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/En-us-oft.ogg/En-us-oft.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/En-us-oft.ogg" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "često", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "често" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "často" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "souvent" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "xširad", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "ხშირად" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "často", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "часто" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "a sakh mol", "sense": "often; frequently; not rarely; many times", "word": "אַ סך מאָל" } ], "word": "oft" } { "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "gmh", "3": "ofte" }, "expansion": "Middle High German ofte", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "goh", "3": "ofta" }, "expansion": "Old High German ofta", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*ufta" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "oft" }, "expansion": "Dutch oft", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "oft" }, "expansion": "English oft", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ofte, oft, uft, from Old High German ofta, ofto, oftu, from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). 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"hundertmal" }, { "tags": [ "colloquial", "figuratively" ], "word": "tausendmal" }, { "tags": [ "colloquial", "figuratively" ], "word": "millionenmal" } ], "word": "oft" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "hrx", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "oft", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Hunsrik", "lang_code": "hrx", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Hunsrik adverbs", "Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header", "Hunsrik lemmas", "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "often" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/oft/" } ], "word": "oft" } { "derived": [ { "english": "more often than not", "word": "oftar en ekki" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "non", "3": "oft", "4": "", "5": "often" }, "expansion": "Old Norse oft (“often”)", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old Norse oft (“often”) and opt (“oft, often”).", "forms": [ { "form": "oftar", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "oftast", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "adverb", "3": "comparative", "4": "oftar", "5": "superlative", "6": "oftast" }, "expansion": "oft (comparative oftar, superlative oftast)", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Icelandic", "lang_code": "is", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Icelandic adverbs", "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header", "Icelandic lemmas", "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse", "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse", "Icelandic terms with usage examples", "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔft", "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔft/1 syllable" ], "examples": [ { "english": "I often go to the gym.", "text": "Ég fer oft í ræktina.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "I spend most of my time on the computer.", "text": "Ég er oftast í tölvunni.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "I've won oftener than you!", "text": "Ég hef sigrað oftar en þú!", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "often" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-ɔft" } ], "word": "oft" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "lb", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "oft", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Luxembourgish", "lang_code": "lb", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Luxembourgish adverbs", "Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header", "Luxembourgish lemmas", "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "often" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "dacks" }, { "word": "heefeg" }, { "english": "in many cases", "word": "often" }, { "word": "gemengerhand" } ], "word": "oft" } { "antonyms": [ { "word": "seldan" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ofte" }, "expansion": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften", "name": "desctree" } ], "text": "Middle English: ofte, oft\nEnglish: oft, often\nScots: aft, aften" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { 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āre gebīdeð,\nMetudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "I oft see a war, a dangerous battle.", "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:", "text": "Oft iċ wīġ sēo, frēcne feohtan.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "often, oft" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ], [ "oft", "oft#English" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/oft/" } ], "word": "oft" } { "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "is", "2": "oft" }, "expansion": "Icelandic: oft", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Icelandic: oft" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "ofta" }, "expansion": "Swedish: ofta", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Swedish: ofta" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "no", "2": "ofte" }, "expansion": "Norwegian: ofte", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Norwegian: ofte" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "non", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*ufta" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *ufta.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "non", "2": "adverbs", "head": "" }, "expansion": "oft", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "oft", "name": "non-adv" } ], "lang": "Old Norse", "lang_code": "non", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Old Norse adverbs", "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header", "Old Norse lemmas", "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic", "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "often" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "opt" } ], "word": "oft" } { "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nds", "2": "oft" }, "expansion": "Low German: oft", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Low German: oft" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "osx", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*ufta" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *ufta.", 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"pdc", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries", "Pennsylvania German adverbs", "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header", "Pennsylvania German lemmas" ], "glosses": [ "often, frequently" ], "links": [ [ "often", "often" ], [ "frequently", "frequently" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "efders" }, { "word": "oftmols" } ], "word": "oft" } { "etymology_text": "From aht.", "forms": [ { "form": "ofturi", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "no-table-tags", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "ro-noun-n-uri", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "oft", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "indefinite", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "oftul", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "definite", "nominative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "ofturi", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "accusative", "indefinite", "nominative", "plural" ] }, { "form": 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"oftul", "nsi": "oft", "vp": "ofturilor", "vs": "oftule", "vs2": "" }, "name": "ro-decl-noun" } ], "lang": "Romanian", "lang_code": "ro", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 11 entries", "Pages with entries", "Romanian countable nouns", "Romanian entries with incorrect language header", "Romanian lemmas", "Romanian neuter nouns", "Romanian nouns", "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines" ], "glosses": [ "sigh" ], "links": [ [ "sigh", "sigh" ] ], "tags": [ "neuter" ] } ], "word": "oft" }
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