dessutan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From dess (that) + utan (without).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛsːʉtɑn/, /ˌdɛsː²ʉːtɑn/

Adverb

dessutan

  1. also, besides, furthermore
    Det er ganske langt herfrå. Dessutan veit eg ikkje heilt kvar det er.
    That's quite a distance from here. Also, I don't know exactly where it is.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Adverb

dessutan (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of dessutom.
    • 1740, Carl Gyllenborg, Svenska Sprätthöken, page 2:
      J wet Cousin at jag war alt för kort tid i Paris at kunna lära något där, deßutan hade jag lärt så mycket af Fransyskan och af andra främmande Språk, []
      Ye knew, Cousin, that I was all too short a time in Paris to learn aught there; besides, I had learned so much from the French and from other foreign tongues, []
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