than
Betekenis (English)
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- Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
- (obsolete) Because; for.
Synonyms
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ðæn/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English than, thanne, from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then, since, because”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that, at that time, then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“than”), German denn (“than”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.
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