"da" meaning in Danish

See da in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /da/, [d̥a], [ˈd̥a]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse þá (“then”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Cognate with Swedish då, English then, German dann. As a conjunction, it is equivalent to Old Norse þá er (“when”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|da|non|þá||then|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse þá (“then”), {{inh+|da|non|þá||t=then}} Inherited from Old Norse þá (“then”), {{inh|da|gem-pro|*þan||then}} Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), {{cog|sv|då}} Swedish då, {{cog|en|then}} English then, {{cog|de|dann}} German dann, {{inh|da|non|þá er||t=when}} Old Norse þá er (“when”) Head templates: {{head|da|adverb|head=}} da, {{da-adv}} da
  1. then, at that time Synonyms: dengang
    Sense id: en-da-da-adv-anyWlMTD Categories (other): Pages with entries, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 98 0 2 0 0
  2. surely
    Sense id: en-da-da-adv-Xs02hNUb

Conjunction

IPA: /da/, [d̥a], [ˈd̥a]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse þá (“then”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Cognate with Swedish då, English then, German dann. As a conjunction, it is equivalent to Old Norse þá er (“when”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|da|non|þá||then|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse þá (“then”), {{inh+|da|non|þá||t=then}} Inherited from Old Norse þá (“then”), {{inh|da|gem-pro|*þan||then}} Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), {{cog|sv|då}} Swedish då, {{cog|en|then}} English then, {{cog|de|dann}} German dann, {{inh|da|non|þá er||t=when}} Old Norse þá er (“when”) Head templates: {{head|da|conjunctions}} da
  1. when (referring to finished events)
    Sense id: en-da-da-conj-J1hmca~J
  2. as, at the same time as
    Sense id: en-da-da-conj-PCPhRhNf
  3. because Synonyms: fordi
    Sense id: en-da-da-conj-pRGu7rih
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: når 
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          "english": "When I was young, there were no computers.",
          "text": "Da jeg var ung, fandtes der ikke computere.",
          "translation": "When I was young, there were no computers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "when (referring to finished events)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "when",
          "when"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As I arrived, she left.",
          "text": "Da jeg kom, gik hun.",
          "translation": "As I arrived, she left.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, at the same time as"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": ", siden, eftersom"
        },
        {
          "english": "As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison.",
          "text": "Da hun er mindreårig kan hun ikke idømmes fængsel.",
          "translation": "As she is underage, she cannot be sentenced to prison."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "because"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fordi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/da/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̥a]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̥a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "da"
}

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