omdat

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch omdat. Equivalent to univerbation of om +‎ dat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔmˈdat/ === Conjunction === omdat because Synonyms: kôs, want ==== Usage notes ==== Omdat triggers the use of verb-final word order in the following subordinate clause. This contrasts with want, that uses the word order of positive main clauses. == Dutch == === Etymology === Univerbation of om +‎ dat, by haplology from Middle Dutch ombe dat dat (literally “for that [reason] that”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔmˈdɑt/ Hyphenation: om‧dat Rhymes: -ɑt === Conjunction === omdat (subordinating) because ==== Usage notes ==== A subordinating conjunction, omdat requires the order subject-object-verb. This contrasts with the synonym want, a coordinating conjunction, after which the word order is that of non-interrogative main clauses. In prescriptive use omdat is often reserved for subjective reasoning or non-direct consecution, while doordat implies direct, objective causation and the formal conjunction opdat is used for the end (telos) of an action. Less formal usage tends to prefer omdat to doordat and occasionally omdat is used where opdat would be prescribed. Compare daarom and daardoor. ==== Synonyms ==== aangezien, daar (formal) want (coordinating) ==== Coordinate terms ==== doordat ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: omdat → Kwinti: omdat === References ===