aan

Meaning

Prep

1. on (positioned at the outer surface of; attached to)
2. at, on (near; adjacent to; alongside; just off)
3. to, indicates the target or recipient of an action
4. from, of, because of, as a result of
5. about (concerning)
6. up to, indicates responsibility
7. at (having reached)
8. using, abusing, currently occupied with
9. (Limburg, dated, proscribed) at, for, denotes a price
10. (obsolete) in, into, followed by an inflected numeral to indicate that something has been split into so many pieces

Adv

1. on, (of a device) being operative
2. on, (of clothing) being worn
3. in compounds with verbs:
4. in compounds with verbs:
5. in compounds with verbs:

Adj

1. (not-comparable, predicative) on (functional, operational)
2. (not-comparable, predicative, slang) amazing, lit

Concepts

to

on

🔛

at

toward

upon

towards

by

after

beside

behind

in

past

with

inside

into

per

over

for

next to

onto

next

concerning

near

aboard

through

about

near to

a

🅰️

abaft

above

an

atop

in order to

nearby

up

🆙

up to

within

each

pander

complaisant

commercial at

regarding

suffice

belong

at the rate of

apiece

among

affix

alongside

all

Synonyms

bij

tegen

naar

met

op

🆙

over

tot

te

achter

na verloop van

per

na

naast

voor

om

dichtbij

nabij

ten huize van

jegens

in

door

binnen

betreffende

aangaande

van

ten behoeve van

aan de beurt

de

boven

samen met

elk

doorheen

à

doen

om te

denken

🤔

passend

’t

actief

telkens

ten einde te

aanhangen

toebehoren

vastmaken

via

voldoen

zijn

blootstelling

erop

voldoend

Translations

an

🔛

nach

zu

a

a

para

bei

à

a

auf

a

ad

verso

hinter

in

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: āne

Inherited from Old Dutch: ana

In summary

From Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

Sentences

Dat soort nieuws is aan de orde van de dag .

This sort of news is commonplace now.

Draagt dit bij aan het debat ?

Is this helpful for the debate?

Aangezien het mij aan tijd ontbreekt , zal ik slechts één conclusie trekken .

As I do not have time, I will only draw one conclusion.

Alleen dan kunnen concrete stappen worden gezet om het probleem aan te pakken .

Only then can concrete steps be taken to tackle the problem.

Het stopbord stond aan de rechterkant .

The stop sign was on the right.

Ik neem het woord om een onrechtvaardigheid aan de kaak te stellen .

I am taking the floor so that I can expose an injustice.