desto

Betekenis (Engels)

1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
2. (informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction

Sinonieme

um so

umso

Vertalings

des te

il

plus

là

tanto

della

más

tanto

all

o kadar

all the

so much

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

deschto

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɛstoː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old High German: des diu

Verwante met Nederlands: des te

Verwante met Engels: the#Etymology 2

In summary

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.