but

Betekenis

Prep

1. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
2. Outside of.

Adv

1. Merely, only, just, no more than
2. Though, however.

Conj

1. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
2. On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
3. (colloquial) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
4. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
5. (colloquial) Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
6. Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
7. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
8. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
9. (obsolete) Until.
10. (obsolete) That.

Noun

1. An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
2. The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
3. A limit; a boundary.
4. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Verb

Use the word "but".

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bʌt/

Etymologie

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”)).

Zinnen

But you could bring them there !

Maar je zou ze daar kunnen brengen!

That is what I thought as well , but it might not be true .

Dat is ook wat ik dacht, maar het is misschien niet waar.

But I needed to hear that message .

Maar ik moest dat bericht horen.

But that was simply because my eye was tired .

Maar dat was gewoon omdat mijn oog moe was.

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .

Hij landde het vliegtuig met een beschadigde uitrusting, maar geen grote schade.

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

Soms wordt de menselijke ziel niet opgevat in de mens maar in dierlijke vorm.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Maar hij bleef stil, omdat hij had gehoord wat de alchemist tegen de monnik zei.

But I don't have it .

Maar ik heb het niet.