als

Etymology 2
From, variant of , , , from , from. More at.

Etymology
Contraction of

Contraction

 * 1) to the, at the, toward the masculine plural

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From, an unstressed form of (modern ). The sense “whether” is possibly a.

Conjunction

 * 1) (subordinating) if, when
 * 2) when, as soon as
 * 3)  if, whether
 * 1) when, as soon as
 * 2)  if, whether
 * 1)  if, whether
 * 1)  if, whether

Preposition

 * 1) like, as
 * 2) even ... als: as ... as
 * 3)  than
 * 1)  than
 * 1)  than

Usage notes
"Als" must be followed by S-O-V word order. For if/then statements, V-S-O word inversion must be used in the following clause whether the superfluous "dan" is included or not.

Etymology
From, from , ; equivalent to +. Compare 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1)  at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
 * 2)  than
 * 3)  To the same degree that, as
 * 4) as; like; in the function of; in the form of
 * 5) as if
 * 6)  but, other than
 * 1)  To the same degree that, as
 * 2) as; like; in the function of; in the form of
 * 3) as if
 * 4)  but, other than
 * 1)  To the same degree that, as
 * 2) as; like; in the function of; in the form of
 * 3) as if
 * 4)  but, other than
 * 1) as if
 * 2)  but, other than
 * 1) as if
 * 2)  but, other than
 * 1)  but, other than
 * 1)  but, other than
 * 1)  but, other than

Usage notes

 * Als in the sense of “than” does not govern case. The case of the standard of comparison depends on its syntactic function:


 * Als in the sense of “as, like” is claimed by some traditional grammars to require the nominative case: Er verkleidet sich als spanischer Stierkämpfer. (“He dresses himself up as a Spanish bullfighter.”) This may indeed be the most common usage in reflexive constructions, such as in the example given (although als spanischen Stierkämpfer is acceptable). The mechanical use of the nominative, however, is often ungrammatical by any standards of common usage: Sie kannte ihn schon als jungen Mann (“She knew him already as a young man”; the nominative als *junger Mann would be odd and indeed would suggest the meaning that she knew him when she was a young man). Thus, the same general rule applies as given above.
 * Als in the sense of “as” vs. “than” is retained in derived constructions other than the simile: You see the conjunctions, , and with inverted syntax , and following after , much commoner than  though this be impeccable. By the same token,  referring to time of occurrence can be replaced by  at least in the colloquials. This means that probably all senses can be replaced by , save the meaning “in the function of”, in which  would be incomprehensible.

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to +.

Conjunction

 * 1) as