"als" meaning in Dutch

See als in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ɑ(l)s/, [ɑ(ɫ)s] Audio: Nl-als.ogg Forms: as [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑls Etymology: From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|alse}} Middle Dutch alse, {{dbt|nl|alzo|notext=1}} alzo, {{sl|nl|srn|efu||if, when; if, whether|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”) Head templates: {{head|nl|conjunction}} als
  1. (subordinating) if, when Tags: subordinating Synonyms: indien
    Sense id: en-als-nl-conj-9bFBT3~9
  2. when, as soon as Synonyms: wanneer
    Sense id: en-als-nl-conj-RfwKITMO Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 2 29 3 0 0 0 15 0 10 1 12 19 0 0 8 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 28 1 0 0 0 18 0 4 0 17 18 0 0 11 0 0 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 58 5 0 0 0 36 Disambiguation of Dutch prepositions: 4 28 10 0 17 17 24
  3. as though, as if
    Sense id: en-als-nl-conj-IvdvuPW1 Categories (other): Dutch prepositions Disambiguation of Dutch prepositions: 4 28 10 0 17 17 24
  4. (Suriname, proscribed in the Netherlands) if, whether Tags: Suriname, proscribed Synonyms: of
    Sense id: en-als-nl-conj-7FMZqRH4 Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch

Preposition

IPA: /ɑ(l)s/, [ɑ(ɫ)s] Audio: Nl-als.ogg Forms: as [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑls Etymology: From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|alse}} Middle Dutch alse, {{dbt|nl|alzo|notext=1}} alzo, {{sl|nl|srn|efu||if, when; if, whether|nocap=1}} semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”) Head templates: {{head|nl|preposition}} als
  1. like, as [with nominative] Synonyms: zoals
    Sense id: en-als-nl-prep-aIl4-0qB Categories (other): Dutch prepositions Disambiguation of Dutch prepositions: 4 28 10 0 17 17 24
  2. even ... als: as ... as
    Sense id: en-als-nl-prep-eMdxa8Cg Categories (other): Dutch prepositions Disambiguation of Dutch prepositions: 4 28 10 0 17 17 24
  3. (nonstandard) than Tags: nonstandard Synonyms: dan
    Sense id: en-als-nl-prep-c4NxHBsF Categories (other): Dutch prepositions Disambiguation of Dutch prepositions: 4 28 10 0 17 17 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: als in, als ook, alsook, alsmaar, alsmede, alsnog, evenals, zoals

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "wanneer"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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              112
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tuesday morning on a gravel path / The weekend is gone / The people are getting ready / For the walk / As though they were going to a party",
          "ref": "1997, Acda en De Munnik, “Als het vuur gedoofd is”, in Acda en De Munnik:",
          "text": "Dinsdagochtend op een grindpad / Het weekend geweest / Men maakt zich op / Voor de wandeling / Als ging men naar een feest",
          "translation": "Tuesday morning on a gravel path / The weekend is gone / The people are getting ready / For the walk / As though they were going to a party",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "With a smile, the mother once again thanked their rescuer, who sat fearlessly and calmly, as though he were the Dalai Lama himself, in the metro that slowly started moving again.",
          "ref": "2002 March 10, “Yin & Yang”, in Algemeen Dagblad, Rotterdam:",
          "text": "Met een glimlach bedankte de moeder nogmaals hun redder, die onbevreesd en ijzig kalm, als was hij de Dalai Lama zelve, in de metro zat die weer langzaam in beweging kwam.",
          "translation": "With a smile, the mother once again thanked their rescuer, who sat fearlessly and calmly, as though he were the Dalai Lama himself, in the metro that slowly started moving again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as though, as if"
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        [
          "as though",
          "as though"
        ],
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "Surinamese Dutch"
      ],
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              13,
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          "english": "I don't know whether Mr Ramon Cruden will be truly able to advise the Minister of Labour",
          "ref": "1978 November 4, “\"CRUDEN IS EEN SLECHT ADVISEUR\" ZEGT EENDRACHT [\"CRUDEN IS A BAD ADVISOR\" SAYS EENDRACHT]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 6:",
          "text": "Ik weet niet als de heer Ramon Cruden de Minister van Arbeid werkelijk zal kunnen adviseren",
          "translation": "I don't know whether Mr Ramon Cruden will be truly able to advise the Minister of Labour",
          "type": "quotation"
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              179,
              186
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          "english": "The document was commissioned by the prosecution to determine whether the contracts concluded between the Central Bank of Suriname and the Belgian company Clairfield were lawful, whether the sums enforced in the contracts were customary by international standards and whether or not the suspects benefited financially from these deals.",
          "ref": "2021 April 29, Wilfred Leeuwin, “Einde in zicht in geruchtmakende strafzaak Centrale Bank [End in sight in controversial Central Bank criminal case]”, in De Ware Tijd, retrieved 02 May 2021:",
          "text": "Het document is in opdracht van het OM samengesteld om aan te tonen als de gesloten contracten tussen de CBvS en het Belgische bedrijf Clairfield rechtmatig zijn, als de bedragen die contractueel zijn afgedwongen gangbaar zijn naar internationale maatstaven en als de verdachten wel of geen financieel voordeel hebben gehad aan deze deals.",
          "translation": "The document was commissioned by the prosecution to determine whether the contracts concluded between the Central Bank of Suriname and the Belgian company Clairfield were lawful, whether the sums enforced in the contracts were customary by international standards and whether or not the suspects benefited financially from these deals.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "whether"
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        "in the Netherlands"
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        {
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      "ipa": "/ɑ(l)s/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑls"
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        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
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}

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