dessutan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From dess (“that”) +‎ utan (“without”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsːʉtɑn/, /ˌdɛsː²ʉːtɑn/

Adverb

dessutan

1. also, besides, furthermore

   Det er ganske langt herfrå. Dessutan veit eg ikkje heilt kvar det er.

   That's quite a distance from here. Also, I don't know exactly where it is.

Synonyms

• dertil, vidare

See also

• dessuten (Bokmål)

References

• “dessutan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• deßutan (obsolete typography)

Adverb

dessutan (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Synonym of dessutom.
   • 1740, Carl Gyllenborg, Svenska Sprätthöken, page 2:

     J wet Cousin at jag war alt för kort tid i Paris at kunna lära något där, deßutan hade jag lärt så mycket af Fransyskan och af andra främmande Språk, […]

     Ye knew, Cousin, that I was all too short a time in Paris to learn aught there; besides, I had learned so much from the French and from other foreign tongues, […]