als
Betekenis (English)
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- (subordinating) if, when
- when, as soon as
- (Suriname, proscribed) if, whether
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Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɑ(l)s/
Etymology (English)
In summary
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”).
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