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