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dan

Pronunciation: /dɑn/

“dan” is a Dutch word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. then, at that time (in the future)
  2. then, after that
  3. then, in that case

conjunction

  1. than (in comparison)

preposition

  1. but, except

noun

  1. unit of grading proficiency of black belt or greater than black-belt in Japanese martial arts

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dan, from Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan.

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