often

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

Frequently; many times on different occasions.

Adj

Frequent.

Concepten

vaak

dikwijls

menigmaal

veelal

gedurig

veel

veeltijds

een heleboel

veelvuldig

zeer

dikwijls

veeltijds

meermalen

terdege

dikwerf

talrijk

Tegenovergesteld aan

infrequently, occasionally, rarely, seldom, unoften, often

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

souvent

oft

häufig

spesso

a menudo

sovente

frequentemente

frecuentemente

fréquemment

saepe

frequentemente

con frecuencia

öfters

sovint

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɒf(t)ən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: often

Verwant aan Middelengels: selden

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ofte

Overgenomen van Oudengels: oft

Verwant aan Schots: oftin

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: oftem

Verwant aan Saterfries: oafte

Verwant aan Duits: oft

Verwant aan Pennsylvania-Duits: oft

Verwant aan Deens: ofte

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: ofte

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: ofte

Verwant aan Zweeds: ofta

Verwant aan IJslands: 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”).

Zinnen

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

Hij had een geweldige herinnering voor poëzie en citeerde het vaak uitvoerig.

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

De bases voor deze sculpturen zijn vaak geplaatst in grond die van deze plaatsen wordt genomen.

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

De exacte vorm van de holte is vaak afhankelijk van hoeveel lampen worden gebruikt.

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

Minder vaak worden langere werken novellen genoemd.

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

Deze geven vaak de voorkeur aan de grote partijen en discrimineren kleinere, regionale partijen.

These were often produced by printers who specialised in them .

Deze werden vaak geproduceerd door printers die zich erin specialiseerden.