oan

Meaning

1. on (not "on top of")
2. to, towards

Etymology

From Old Frisian on, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an. Cognates include Dutch aan, Low German an and English on.

Sentences

De bern kinne oan aktiviteiten meidwaan, mar it is net ferplicht.

The children can participate in activities, but it is not compulsory.

Nei it ûngelok rieden de ambulânsen ôf en oan .

After the accident, the ambulances drove off and on.

Gean do no efkes oan de wâl om de boat fêst te lizzen.

Now go ashore for a while to anchor the boat.

Wy wienen altyd oan it gamen.

We were always playing.

Hy is net oan it hurdrinnen, hy sit lekker thús by de frou .

He is not running, he is sitting comfortably at home with his wife.

Om dat allegearre op te skriuwen, dêr is gjin begjinnensein oan .

To write all that down, there is no starting point.

Oan it begjin fan 'e middei ride wy werom nei Nederlân .

At the beginning of the afternoon we drive back to the Netherlands.

De bungalows biede plak oan sa'n twa hûndert fyftich asylsikers.

The bungalows accommodate about two hundred and fifty asylum seekers.