tussen
See also: tussen-
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch 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”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
tussen
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Alternative forms edit
- tusschen (obsolete)
Etymology edit
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”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
tussen
- between
- Je middelvinger zit tussen je wijsvinger en je ringvinger.
- Your middle finger is between your index finger and your ring finger.
- Als ik moest kiezen tussen jou en hem, zou ik altijd voor jou kiezen.
- If I had to choose between you and him, I would always choose you.
- Wat is het verschil tussen krokodillen en alligators?
- What is the difference between crocodiles and alligators?
- among, amidst
- Ik kon je niet vinden tussen al die mensen.
- I couldn't find you among all those people.
Inflection edit
Pronominal adverbs of tussen
preposition | tussen |
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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 edit
adpositions
- tussendoor (“in-between, through the middle of”)
- tussenin (“in-between”)
adjectives
- tussengelegen (“lying between”)
- tussenribs (“between the ribs, intercostal”)
- tussentijds (“interim”)
adverbs
- intussen (“meanwhile, in the meantime”)
- ondertussen (“meanwhile, in the meantime”)
- tussenbeide (“in-between both”)
nouns
- tussendeur f (“dividing door between two rooms”)
- tussenjaar n (“gap year”)
- tussenkop m (“subheader, subhead”)
- tussenletter f (“intermediary letter”)
- tussenpaus m (“intermediary pope”)
- tussenpauze m or f (“break, interlude”)
- tussenpersoon m or f (“mediator, middleman”)
- tussenpoos f (“interval of time”)
- tussenpunt n (“midpoint, waypoint”)
- tussenruimte f (“an intervening space, interstice, space, gap”)
- tussenschot n (“partition, septum”)
- tussenstap m (“intermediate step”)
- tussenstekker m (“plug through socket”)
- tussenstop m (“stopover, layover”)
- tussentaal f
- tussentijd m (“time in-between two events; meantime”)
- tussentitel m (“subtitle, subordinate heading, intertitle”)
verbs
- tussenkomen (“to intervene”)
- tussenwerpen (“to throw between or among; to interject”)
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