als
Sentences
Zij 👩 werkt als rechter 🧑⚖️ voor het Europees Hof van Justitie .
👩
🧑⚖️
She works as a judge for the European Court of Justice.
Meaning
Concepts
similar to
provided that
such a
what a
Synonyms
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑ(l)s/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning Dutch with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "als" and many other words and sentences in Dutch.