desto

== English == === Etymology === Abbreviation of destination. === Noun === desto (plural destos) (informal, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand) 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. When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto. === Anagrams === doest, does't, tosed, todes, dotes == Danish == === Conjunction === desto the (forming the parallel comparative with jo) jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes ==== Synonyms ==== des, jo == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German deste, from Old High German deste, theste, a contraction of des diu, respectively the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des +‎ die. The form ending in -o was by analogy to other adverbs and pronouns ending in -o in use in chancellery language, e.g. dero, jetzo, bishero. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛstoː/ === Conjunction === desto 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! (informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction Desto mehr, desto besser ― The more the better ==== Derived terms ==== nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestominder, nichtsdestotrotz ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: desto → Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: desto Norwegian Nynorsk: desto → Swedish: desto === Further reading === “desto” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “desto”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “desto” in Duden online == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdes.to/, /ˈdɛs.to/ Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto Hyphenation: dé‧sto, dè‧sto === Etymology 1 === Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”). ==== Participle ==== desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste) (archaic) past participle of destare ==== Adjective ==== desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste) awake === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== desto first-person singular present indicative of destare === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From German desto. === Adverb === desto (also functioning as a conjunction) (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. (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. ==== Derived terms ==== desto bedre desto mer ikke desto mindre === References === “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary “desto” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From German desto. === Adverb === desto (also functioning as a conjunction) (used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section) ==== Derived terms ==== desto betre desto meir ikkje desto mindre === References === “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary “desto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Etymology === preposition de + determiner esto === Contraction === desto (obsolete) of this ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “desto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German desto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛstʊ/ Rhymes: -¹ɛstʊ === Adverb === desto the, all the (with a comparative) Forms a parallel comparative with ju. ==== Usage notes ==== Colloquially, desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a second ju: "Ju mer, ju bättre." "Desto mer, desto bättre" also occurs. === References === “desto”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “desto”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “desto”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === stode