Abbreviation ofdestination.
desto (pluraldestos)
- (informal, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand) aheadsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination.
- When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change yourdesto.
desto
- the (forming the parallel comparative withjo)
- jo større den bliver,desto hårdere bliver den
- the larger it becomes,the harder it becomes
FromOld High Germandes diu, wheredes anddiu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High Germandaz n(“the; that, it”) respectively. CompareDutchdes te andEnglishthe ... the. Etymologically equivalent todes +die.
desto
- the (forming the parallel comparative withje)
- Synonym:umso
- Je mehr,desto besser! ―The morethe better!
- Je eher,desto besser! ―The soonerthe better!
- (informal, proscribed)used instead ofje in theje ... desto construction
- Desto mehr, desto besser ―The more the better
Unsuffixed past participle ofdestare(“to awaken”).
desto (femininedesta,masculine pluraldesti,feminine pluraldeste)
- (archaic)pastparticiple ofdestare
desto (femininedesta,masculine pluraldesti,feminine pluraldeste)
- awake
desto
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofdestare
FromGermandesto.
desto (also functioning as a conjunction)
- (used before acomparative withjo to express comparison)even,all the more
- Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikkerdesto mer. ―Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinkseven more.
- (forming the parallel comparative withjo)the,more
- Jo mer jeg tenker over det,desto merkeligere virker det. ―The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.
- “desto” inThe Ordnett Dictionary
- “desto” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromGermandesto.
desto(also functioning as a conjunction)
- (used before acomparative to express comparison)all the better,all the more
Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikkdesto meir.- Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.
- the more (forming the parallel comparative withjo, compare German section)
Jo meir eg tenkjer over det,desto merkeligare verkar det.- The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.
- “desto” inThe Ordnett Dictionary
- “desto” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
desto
- (obsolete)ofthis
Borrowed fromGermandesto.
desto
- the,allthe(with a comparative)
Vi äter inte mycket, men drickerdesto mer.- We don't eat much, but drinkall the more.
- Forms a parallel comparative withju.
Ju mer,desto bättre- The more,the better
Colloquially,desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a secondju: "Ju mer, ju bättre." "Desto mer, desto bättre" also occurs.
