Dutch/Vocabulary/Connective terms

Common connective words

Two sentences can be related to each other in different ways, e.g.

by relative pronouns
by conjunctions
by adverbs
by adverbial, verbal or conjunctive expressions

Below are a number of common connective terms

Dutch	English	Topic	Type
noicon ook	also	Addition	adverb
noicon en	and	Addition	conjunction
noicon en dan	and then	Addition	conjunctive expression
noicon trouwens	besides	Addition	adverb
noicon daarnaast	besides that	Addition	adverb
noicon verder	furthermore	Addition	adverb, adjective
noicon evenzo	likewise	Addition	adverb
noicon zowel ... alsook	both ... and	Addition	conjunctive expression
noicon niet alleen ... maar ook	not only ... but also	Addition	conjunctive expression
noicon op vergelijkbare wijze	similarly	Addition	adverbial expression
noicon ook	too	Addition	adverb
noicon daarna	after that	Sequence	adverb
noicon nadien	afterwards	Sequence	adverb
noicon eerder	earlier	Sequence	adverb, adjective
noicon later	later	Sequence	adverb, adjective
noicon ten eerste	firstly	Sequence	adverbial expression
noicon daaropvolgend	following that	Sequence	adverb, adjective
noicon aanvankelijk	initially	Sequence	adverb, adjective
noicon ten tweede	secondly	Sequence	adverbial expression
noicon toen	then	Sequence	adverb
noicon om te beginnen	to begin with	Sequence	verbal expression
noicon weliswaar	admittedly	Consequence	adverb
noicon dientengevolge	as a result	Consequence	adverb
noicon uiteindelijk	eventually	Consequence	adverb, adjective
noicon in dat geval	in that case	Consequence	adverbial expression
noicon hieruit volgt dat	it follows that	Consequence	phrase
noicon dus	so, thus	Consequence	adverb
noicon dan	then, than	Consequence	adverb
noicon daarom	therefore	Consequence	adverb
noicon of anders	alternatively	Contrast	conjunctive expression
noicon hoewel	although	Contrast	conjunction
noicon maar	but	Contrast	conjunction
noicon vergeleken met	compared with	Contrast	participial expression
noicon desondanks	despite that	Contrast	adverb
noicon zelfs al	even when	Contrast	conjunctive expression
noicon echter	however	Contrast	adverb
noicon zo niet	if not	Contrast	adverb
noicon in tegenstelling tot	in contrast tot	Contrast	prepositional expression
noicon ondanks	in spite of	Contrast	preposition
noicon noicon desnietaltemin	nonetheless	Contrast	adverb
noicon in tegendeel	on the contrary	Contrast	adverbial expression
noicon anders	otherwise	Contrast	adverb
noicon liever	rather	Contrast	adverb
noicon toch	yet	Contrast	adverb
noicon terwijl	whereas	Contrast	conjunction
noicon zeker	certainly	Certainty	adverb
noicon uiteraard	obviously	Certainty	adverb
noicon natuurlijk	of course	Certainty	adverb, adjective
noicon eenvoudigweg	simply	Certainty	adverb
noicon ongetwijfeld	undoubtedly	Certainty	adverb
noicon als	if	Condition	conjunction
noicon afhankelijk van	depending on	Condition	prepositional expression
noicon mits	provided that	Condition	conjunction
noicon zodat	so that	Condition	conjunction
noicon tenzij	unless	Condition	conjunction
noicon of	whether	Condition	conjunction
noicon het bestaat uit	it consists of	Definition	phrase
noicon het betekent dat	it means that	Definition	phrase
noicon dat wil zeggen	That is	Definition	phrase
noicon bijvoorbeeld	for example, for instance	Example	adverb
noicon net als	just as	Example	conjunctive expression
noicon in het bijzonder	in particular	Example	adverbial expression
noicon namelijk	namely	Example	adverb
noicon zoals	such as	Example	conjunction
noicon ter illustratie	to illustratie	Example	adverbial expression
noicon daar	as	Reason	conjunction
noicon omdat	because	Reason	conjunction
noicon met andere woorden	in other words	Reason	adverbial expression
noicon ten gevolge van	owing to	Reason	prepositional expression
noicon aangezien	since	Reason	conjunction
noicon de reden waarom	the reason why	Reason	nominal expression
noicon toen	as	Time	conjunction
noicon zodra	as soon as	Time	conjunction
noicon op het ogenblik	at the moment	Time	adverbial expression
noicon voorheen	before	Time	adverb
noicon net toen	just as	Time	conjunctive expression
noicon onderwijl	meanwhile	Time	adverb
noicon ondertussen	meanwhile	Time	adverb
noicon sinds	since	Time	preposition
noicon totdat	until	Time	conjunction
noicon wanneer	when	Time	conjunction, adverb
noicon telkens wanneer	whenever	Time	conjunctive expression
noicon eindelijk	finally	Conclusion	adverb
noicon tot slot	to conclude	Conclusion	adverbial expression
noicon kortom	in short	Conclusion	adverb
noicon samenvattend	to sum up	Conclusion	adverb, adjective
noicon recapitulerend	to recapitulate	Conclusion	adverb
noicon resumerend	to sum up	Conclusion	adverb