nominative masculine singular definite article, the
köken: From Middle High German dër, from Old High German dër, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also Old Dutch thie and Old English sē where the same process occurred.
köken: From *qayïsï "which", which is a possessive form of *qayï "which", from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”). Cognate with Tatar кайсы (qaysı), Kazakh қайсы (qaisy), Southern Altai кажы (kažï), кайсы (kaysï) Kumyk къайсы (qaysı), Uzbek qaysi, Uyghur قايسى (qaysi), Khakas хайзы (xayzı), etc.
köken: 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”).
Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
Dinsdagochtend op een grindpad / Het weekend geweest / Men maakt zich op / Voor de wandeling / Als ging men naar een feest
köken: From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. * As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob. Doublet of jäv, direct descendant of ef (see that for more)
who, which, that (referring to the previous word or phrase; see usage notes)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *joka (compare Karelian joka, Votic jõka), from Proto-Finno-Permic *jo (compare Northern Sami juohkẹ, juogọ, Erzya ю- (ju-) in юза-тоза (juza-toza, “back and forth”), Eastern Mari южо (južo, “some”), Western Mari юж (juž, “some”)). The nominative and genitive singular forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with -ka (as with kuka and mikä).
Jos putoaa jäihin, kannattaa palata samaa reittiä, jota pitkin oli tullutkin.
Hän säveltää harrastuksenaan musiikkia, jossa hän onkin taitava.