aan
Meaning
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- on (positioned at the outer surface of; attached to)
- at, on (near; adjacent to; alongside; just off)
- to, indicates the target or recipient of an action
- from, of, because of, as a result of
- about (concerning)
- up to, indicates responsibility
- at (having reached)
- using, abusing, currently occupied with
- (Limburg,dated,proscribed) at, for, denotes a price
- (obsolete) in, into, followed by an inflected numeral to indicate that something has been split into so many pieces
Concepts
near to
at the rate of
in the case of
Synonyms
na verloop van
aan de beurt
samen met
’t
ten einde te
in stede van
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aːn/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch ana, from Proto-West Germanic *ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.
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