als
Meaning
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- (subordinating) if, when
- when, as soon as
- (Suriname,proscribed) if, whether
Frequency
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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