desto

Meaning

1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
2. (informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction

Concepts

all

all the

so much

Synonyms

um so

umso

Translations

des te

il

della

más

tanto

plus

o kadar

là

tanto

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

deschto

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛstoː/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German: des diu

Cognate with Dutch: des te

Cognate with English: the#Etymology 2

In summary

From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die.