toch

Meaning

1. still, nevertheless, anyway
2. after all, despite what was expected
3. yes, surely; implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative.
4. In positive statements, a modal particle indicating certainty or emphasis, implying that the speaker considers his statement to be obvious.
5. In questions, a modal particle indicating uncertainty or sometimes worry, implying that the speaker hopes to be confirmed or reassured; may also be postpositioned as a tag question.; right? is that so?

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔx/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch toch, alteration of doch.

Sentences

Toch lijkt de ziekte voor veel mensen niet te bestaan .

But a lot of people act as if AIDS does not exist.

Je blijft hier toch niet staan in de kou ?

You're not going to stand here in the cold, are you?

Rijke kinderen beginnen toch met een voorsprong .

Wealthy children start with a head start.

Oktober is toch de maand van de herfst .

October is the month of autumn after all.

Toch transporteren ze de ziekte niet .

But they do not export the disease.

Op de plaats van de moord hadden de onderzoekers een lege huls gevonden , maar toch was er niemand neergeschoten .

At the scene of the murder, the investigators had found an empty shell, yet no one had been shot.

Ze overdrijven toch met hun heksenjacht .

They're exaggerating with their witch hunt anyway.

Dat is toch wel puberaal gedrag .

That is adolescent behavior.