as

Meaning

Conj

1. if, provided that
2. as, like (used to form an equating phrase)
3. than

Noun

1. axis
2. axle (of a car)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔs/

Etymology

From Old Frisian as, ase, asa, als, alse, alsa, equivalent to al + so. More at as.

Sentences

Dat is hiel wat oars as wat ik ferwachte hie.

That is quite different from what I expected.

Der siet foar my neat oars op as mar fuort te gean .

There was nothing for me to do but leave.

Dizze learling tinkt mear yn bylden as yn wurden .

This student thinks more in images than in words.

It makket in wrâld fan ferskil as men immen hat om foar te libjen.

It makes a world of difference when one has someone to live for.

It tal oanmeldingen leit dit jier sa'n fjirtich prosint heger as ferline jier .

The number of applications this year is about forty percent higher than last year.

Sykte en dea rinne as in reade tried troch it boek .

Disease and death run like a red thread through the book.

Ofrûne tiisdei binne mear as tritich lju arrestearre.

Last Tuesday, more than thirty people were arrested.

As bern skoaltsjeboarte ik al en dêrby wie ik de juf.

As a child I already played school and I was the teacher.