overwordExplorer
INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dengan.

with

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

prep/dəˈŋan/Standard-Indonesian[dəˈŋan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. with

    Aku berbicara dengan Martin.

  2. by (through the action of)

  3. with in the company of; alongside

  4. with in addition to

  5. with Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence

  6. with in regard to

  7. used to form adverbs from adjectives; -ly

    Jagalah rumah dengan ketat.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay dengan, from Old Malay [script needed] (daṅan), from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋan. First attested in the 683 CE in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, as [script needed] (daṅan).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

dengan has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

dengan studiodengan workshello, dengan

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.