"desto" meaning in German

See desto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈdɛstoː/ Audio: De-desto.ogg
Etymology: From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|goh|des diu}} Old High German des diu, {{m+|goh|der|daz|the; that, it|g=n}} Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”), {{cog|nl|des te}} Dutch des te, {{cog|en|the#Etymology 2|the ... the}} English the ... the, {{compound|de|des|die|nocat=1}} des + die Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} desto
  1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je) Synonyms: umso
    Sense id: en-desto-de-conj-~U~GmYuD
  2. (informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction Tags: informal, proscribed
    Sense id: en-desto-de-conj-x3nPYwxM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestominder, nichtsdestotrotz
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nichtsdestoweniger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nichtsdestominder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nichtsdestotrotz"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "desto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "desto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: desto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "des diu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German des diu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "daz",
        "4": "the; that, it",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "des te"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch des te",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "the#Etymology 2",
        "3": "the ... the"
      },
      "expansion": "English the ... the",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "des",
        "3": "die",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "des + die",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more the better!",
          "text": "Je mehr, desto besser!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sooner the better!",
          "text": "Je eher, desto besser!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (forming the parallel comparative with je)"
      ],
      "id": "en-desto-de-conj-~U~GmYuD",
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "je",
          "je#German"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "umso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more the better",
          "text": "Desto mehr, desto besser",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
      ],
      "id": "en-desto-de-conj-x3nPYwxM",
      "links": [
        [
          "je",
          "je#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛstoː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-desto.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/De-desto.ogg/De-desto.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/De-desto.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German conjunctions",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestoweniger"
    },
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestominder"
    },
    {
      "word": "nichtsdestotrotz"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "desto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "desto"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: desto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "desto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: desto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: desto"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "des diu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German des diu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "der",
        "3": "daz",
        "4": "the; that, it",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "des te"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch des te",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "the#Etymology 2",
        "3": "the ... the"
      },
      "expansion": "English the ... the",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "des",
        "3": "die",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "des + die",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "desto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more the better!",
          "text": "Je mehr, desto besser!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The sooner the better!",
          "text": "Je eher, desto besser!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the (forming the parallel comparative with je)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "je",
          "je#German"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "umso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German informal terms",
        "German proscribed terms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The more the better",
          "text": "Desto mehr, desto besser",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "je",
          "je#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛstoː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-desto.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/De-desto.ogg/De-desto.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/De-desto.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desto"
}

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