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steeds
steeds
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːts
- IPA(key): [steːts]
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stedes, steeds, an adverbial genitive of stede (“steadfast, durable”), with umlaut from the more common stade, from Old Dutch *stādi, from Proto-Germanic *stēdi-.
Cognate with German stets.
Adverb
steeds
- always, continually, all the time, every time, each time
- Hij is steeds aan het werken.
- He's working all the time.
- Hij is steeds aan het werken.
- increasingly, more and more, ever (+ comparative)
- Hij wordt steeds slimmer.
- He's growing increasingly smart.
- Hij wordt steeds slimmer.