desto

Etymology
Abbreviation of destination.

Noun

 * 1)  a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination.
 * When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto.

Conjunction

 * 1) the (forming the parallel comparative with )
 * jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den
 * the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes

Etymology
From, where and  are the genitive and instrumental case forms of  respectively. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Etymologically equivalent to.

Conjunction

 * 1) the (forming the parallel comparative with )

Etymology 1
Unsuffixed past participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) awake

Etymology
From.

Adverb
(also functioning as a conjunction)


 * 1) (used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more
 * 2) (forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more
 * 1) (forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) (used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more
 * 2) the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)
 * 1) the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)

Etymology

 * preposition + determiner

Contraction

 * 1)  of this

Etymology
.

Adverb

 * 1) the, all the

Usage notes
Colloquially, desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a second : "Ju mer, ju bättre." "Desto mer, desto bättre" also occurs.