desto

Abbreviation of destination.

desto (plural destos)

1. (informal, Australia, Singapore) a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination.

desto

1. the

   jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den

   the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes

• des, jo

From Old High German des diu, from the Old High German genitive case and instrumental case forms of das, "the, it" respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the (second etymology: the ... the).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛstoː/

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desto

1. the (forming the parallel comparative with je)

   Synonym: umso

   Je mehr, desto besser! ― The more the better!

   Je eher, desto besser! ― The sooner the better!

• nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestominder, nichtsdestotrotz

• “desto” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “desto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “desto” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.sto/, /ˈdɛ.sto/[1]
• Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: dé‧sto, dè‧sto

Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”).

desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)

1. (archaic) past participle of destare

desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)

1. awake

desto

1. first-person singular present indicative of destare

From German desto.

desto (also functioning as a conjunction)

1. (used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more

   Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer. ― Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.

2. (forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more

   Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det. ― The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.

• desto bedre
• desto mer
• ikke desto mindre

• “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “desto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German desto.

desto (also functioning as a conjunction)

1. (used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more

   Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikk desto meir.

   Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.

2. the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)

   Jo meir eg tenkjer over det, desto merkeligare verkar det.

   The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.

• desto betre
• desto meir
• ikkje desto mindre

• “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “desto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• preposition de + determiner esto

desto

1. (obsolete) of this

• deste
• desta

• “desto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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desto

1. the, all the (with a comparative)

   Vi äter inte mycket, men dricker desto mer.

   We don't eat much, but drink all the more.

   1. forming a parallel comparative with ju

      ju mer, desto bättre ― the more, the better

• Colloquially, desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a second ju: "Ju mer, ju bättre."

• stode