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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/
- Hyphenation: trou‧wens
Adverb
trouwens
- besides; by the way
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