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toe.

adverbial form of tot (“to, till, towards”)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adv/tu/

  1. adverbial form of tot (“to, till, towards”)

    adverbial · form-of · postpositional
    Het doet er niet toe.

  2. due for, ready for, in need of

    Ik ben aan vakantie toe.
    Hij is er nog niet aan toe.

  3. after, afterwards

    Hij kreeg nog wat lekkers toe.

  4. shut, closed (especially as part of a compound verb like toedoen)

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch toe, from Old Dutch *tuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

intj/tu/

  1. come on!, go on! (used when trying to coax someone into doing something)

    Toe maar!
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch toe, from Old Dutch *tuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

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