als

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ(l)s/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”).

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