but
Zinnen
Betekenis (English)
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- Apart from, except (for), excluding.
- Outside of.
Concepten
Synonyms
and yet
but rather
for all that
maybe not
other than that
leaving that aside
along with this
notwithstanding that
apart from that
but also
in what way
no more than
provided that
and then
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bʌt/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about. Eclipsed non-native Middle English mes (“but”) borrowed from Old French mes, mais (> French mais (“but”)).
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