als.
if, when
Meaning & usage
if, when
Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
when, as soon as
Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
as though, as if
if, whether
Where this word comes from
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”).
like, as
Hij huilde als een kind.
even ... als: as ... as
Hij is even groot als ik.
than
Hij is groter als jij.
Where this word comes from
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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