telkens

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch telken, as a contraction of te elken, in phrases such as te elken male / telkenmale ("at each time"). Later, the adverbial -s was added.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛl.kə(n)s/
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  • Hyphenation: tel‧kens

Adverb

telkens

  1. in each case, each time
    Synonym: telkenmale
    Telkens wordt hij herkozen. ― He is re-elected each time.
  2. repeatedly, time and again
    Hij onderbreekt me telkens. ― He's constantly interrupting me.

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