often

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

Frequently; many times on different occasions.

Adj

Frequent.

Teenoorgestelde van

infrequently, occasionally, rarely, seldom, unoften, often

Sinonieme

frequently

regularly

repeatedly

always

constantly

many times

oftentimes

usually

continually

habitually

frequent

commonly

again and again

perpetually

every now and then

normally

generally

oft

occasionally

ofttimes

invariably

over and over

sometimes

ever

many a time

very often

much

already

now and then

a lot

ordinarily

rapidly

as usual

lately

time and again

a great deal

so many times

steadily

still

substantially

tend to

twice

vastly

well

as formerly

continuous but slightly

not infrequently

oftentime

frequentry

oftener

Vertalings

souvent

oft

spesso

a menudo

häufig

vaak

dikwijls

frequentemente

sovente

frecuentemente

fréquemment

saepe

frequentemente

con frecuencia

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɒf(t)ən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: often

Verwante met Middle English: selden

Geërf van Middle English: ofte

Geërf van Old English: oft

Verwante met Skots: oftin

Verwante met Noord-Fries: oftem

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: oafte

Verwante met Duits: oft

Verwante met Pennsylvania German: oft

Verwante met Deens: ofte

Verwante met Boeknoors: ofte

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: ofte

Verwante met Sweeds: ofta

Verwante met Yslands: oft

In summary

From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).

Sinne

He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length .

The bases for these sculptures often are set in soil taken from these places .

The exact shape of the cavity is often dependent on how many lamps are used .

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

These often favour the major parties and discriminate against smaller , regional parties .

These were often produced by printers who specialised in them .