al dan niet

== Dutch == === Etymology === In this term, al contrasts niet, synonymously with the more common wel. The term can therefore be roughly literally translated as "yes than not". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑl dɑ(n) ˈnit/ === Adverb === al dan niet or ... not Synonym: al of niet === References === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “al III”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001