omdat

Etymology
From. Equivalent to.

Conjunction

 * 1) because

Usage notes

 * Omdat triggers the use of verb-final word order in the following subordinate clause. This contrasts with, that uses the word order of positive main clauses.

Etymology
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Conjunction

 * 1) because

Usage notes

 * The word order is subject-object-verb after omdat. This contrasts with the synonym, after which the word order is that of non-interrogative main clauses.
 * In prescriptive use omdat is often reserved for subjective reasoning or non-direct consecution, while implies direct, objective causation and the formal conjunction  is used for the end (telos) of an action. Less formal usage tends to prefer omdat to doordat and occasionally omdat is used where opdat would be prescribed. Compare  and.