tussen

See also: tussen-

Catalan

Verb

tussen

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Danish

Noun

tussen c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of tus

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Dutch

Etymology

From older tusschen, from Middle Dutch twisschen, tusschen, a shortening of Old Dutch intwiskan, originally a prepositional phrase *in twiskan. The latter word is from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz, *twiskijaz (“twofold, double”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʏsə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ʏsən

Preposition

tussen

1. between

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of tussen

preposition	tussen
postpositional adv.	tussen
+ het (it)	ertussen
+ dit (this)	hiertussen
+ dat (that)	daartussen
+ wat (what)	waartussen
+ iets (something)	ergens tussen
+ niets (nothing)	nergens tussen
+ alles (everything)	overal tussen

Derived terms

• intussen (“meanwhile, in the meantime”, adverb)
• ondertussen (“meanwhile, in the meantime”, adverb)
• tussenbeide (“in-between both”, adverb)
• tussendeur f (“dividing door between two rooms”)
• tussendoor (“in-between, through the middle of”)
• tussenkomen (“to intervene”)
• tussenkop m (“subheader, subhead”)
• tussenletter f (“intermediary letter”)
• tussenpersoon m or f (“mediator, middleman”)
• tussenstekker m (“plug through socket”)
• tussentijd m (“time in-between two events; meantime”)
• tussenwerpen (“to throw between or among; to interject”)