trouwens

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Dutch

Etymology

From the obsolete trouwen (indeed, really) +‎ -s (adverbial suffix). The adverb trouwen was the petrified dative singular of the noun trouw (loyalty) in its obsolete sense “word of honour”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑu̯.əns/
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  • Hyphenation: trou‧wens

Adverb

trouwens

  1. besides; by the way

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: trouens

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “trouwens”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute