als

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See also Als, ALS, åls, and -āls

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Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Contraction of a (“to, at”) els (“the (masculine plural)”)

Contraction [edit]

als

  1. to the, at the, toward the the (masculine plural)

Cornish [edit]

Noun [edit]

als f (plural alsyow)

  1. valley

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also, from Old Dutch alsō, from Proto-Germanic *allaz + *swa.

Pronunciation [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

als

  1. (subordinating) if, when
    Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
    If you push that button, the computer will turn off.
  2. when, as soon as
    Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
    When it rains all the roofs get wet.

Preposition [edit]

als

  1. like, as
    Hij huilde als een kind.
    He cried like a baby
  2. even ... als: as ... as
    Hij is even groot als jij.
    He is as tall as you.
  3. (dialect) than
    Hij is groter als gij. (standard Dutch: hij is groter dan jij)
    He is bigger than you.

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (official Standard High German) IPA: [ʔals], X-SAMPA: /?als/
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  • (most common realisation in Germany) IPA: [ʔalt͡s], X-SAMPA: /?alts/
  • Homophone: Alls

Conjunction [edit]

als

  1. (subordinating, only used in past tenses) at the same moment; when; while; as
    Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür.
    When he arrived, she opened the door.
  2. (after comparative) than; as
    Zwei ist größer als ein.
    Two is larger than one.
  3. as; in the function of
    Als Polizist muss ich es tun.
    As a policeman, I must do it.
  4. as if
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 100:
      Es war als rängen beständig zwei Mächte um sie, als würde sie wehrlos von ihnen hin und her gerissen.
      It was as if two powers struggled over her continuously, as if she was torn to and fro by them defenselessly.

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

als

  1. See 𐌰𐌻𐍃

Luxembourgish [edit]

Conjunction [edit]

als

  1. as
    Hatt schafft als Polizistin an enger klenger Duerf.
    She works as a policewoman in a little village.

Old French [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Contraction [edit]

als

  1. Contraction of a + les (to the)

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

als

  1. indefinite genitive singular of al
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