zoals Dutch · revision 37164

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /zoːˈɑls/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''zoals'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|nl|zo|als]], written as one word since Middle Dutch ([[m|dum|soals]], also ⟨sooals⟩).^(Wiktionary)^(WNT)^(MNW)^(ANW) The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal treats the written-together and separate spellings as one word because the joined form is found so early.^(WNT) Wiktionary compares [[alzo]] and the history of [[als]] itself.^(Wiktionary) The Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek compares [[de|wie]], which is used with or without [[m|de|so]] in the same way.^(MNW) A spoken variant is ⟨zooas⟩.^(WNT)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Van der Sijs dates the first record to 1482.^(Van der Sijs 2001) A Dutch ordinance of 1500 on dyers who use three, four or five vats has it in the sense “in accordance with the custom”.^(WNT) A northeastern text of 1534 says of the sacrament that it was a woman's last food, ''sooals sie hem altoos plach te bidden'', “as she had always prayed to him”.^(MNW)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Kiliaan glosses ''so als'' with Latin ''sicut'', ''velut'' and ''tanquam'', “just as, as if”.^(MNW) The word introduces clauses of comparison, “in the same way as”; since the 18th century it has also introduced shortened phrases without a verb, as in ''zo als de Kwakers'' (1784).^(WNT) With ''past'' or ''hoort'' it expresses a norm, “as is fitting” (1784).^(WNT) The modern dictionaries add the sense “such as, for example”, introducing a list.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ Afrikaans has [[m|af|soos]], and Negerhollands had ''soo as''.^(Wiktionary)^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1482 – ''Zoals'' is first recorded.^(Van der Sijs 2001)

+ * 1500 – An ordinance on dyers uses it of a custom.^(WNT)

+ * 1534 – ''Sooals'' appears in a text from the northeastern Netherlands.^(MNW)

+ * 1784 – ''Zo als'' introduces a phrase without a verb, and ''zo als dat paste'' expresses what is fitting.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Conjunction===

+ # [[m|en|as]], in the way that, just as.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WNT) ''Doe het zoals ik het je heb voorgedaan.'' ''Zoals gebruikelijk'' means as usual.^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # [[m|en|such as]], for example: ''Ze kweekt kruiden zoals tijm en salie.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[zo]]

+ * [[als]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}