# desto
## English
### Etymology

Abbreviation of destination.

### Noun

desto (plural destos)
* (informal, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand) a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination.
    When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto.

### Anagrams

* doest, does't, tosed, todes, dotes

## Danish
### Conjunction

desto
* the (forming the parallel comparative with jo)
    jo større den bliver, desto hårdere bliver den
       the larger it becomes, the harder it becomes

#### Synonyms

* des, jo

## German
### Etymology

From Old High German des diu, where des and diu are the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des +‎ die.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛstoː/
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

desto
* the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
    Synonym: umso
    Je mehr, desto besser! ― The more the better!
    Je eher, desto besser! ― The sooner the better!
* (informal, proscribed) used instead of je in the je ... desto construction
    Desto mehr, desto besser ― The more the better

#### Derived terms

* nichtsdestoweniger, nichtsdestominder, nichtsdestotrotz

#### Descendants

* → Danish: desto
* → Norwegian:
** Norwegian Bokmål: desto
** Norwegian Nynorsk: desto
* → Swedish: desto

### Further reading

* “desto” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “desto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “desto” in Duden online

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈde.sto/, /ˈdɛ.sto/
* Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto
* Hyphenation: dé‧sto, dè‧sto

### Etymology 1

Unsuffixed past participle of destare (“to awaken”).

#### Participle

desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)
* (archaic) past participle of destare

#### Adjective

desto (feminine desta, masculine plural desti, feminine plural deste)
* awake

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

desto
* first-person singular present indicative of destare

### References

* ↑ desto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German desto.

### Adverb

desto (also functioning as a conjunction)
* (used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more
    Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer. ― Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.
* (forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more
    Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det. ― The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.

#### Derived terms

* desto bedre
* desto mer
* ikke desto mindre

### References

* “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “desto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German desto.

### Adverb

desto (also functioning as a conjunction)
* (used before a comparative to express comparison) all the better, all the more
    Vel, han røykjer jo mykje, men drikk desto meir.Well, he does smoke much, but drinks all the more.
* the more (forming the parallel comparative with jo, compare German section)
    Jo meir eg tenkjer over det, desto merkeligare verkar det.The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.

#### Derived terms

* desto betre
* desto meir
* ikkje desto mindre

### References

* “desto” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “desto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Etymology

* preposition de + determiner esto

### Contraction

desto
* (obsolete) of this

#### Related terms

* desta
* deste

### Further reading

* “desto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German desto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛstʊ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -¹ɛstʊ

### Adverb

desto
* the, all the (with a comparative)
    Vi äter inte mycket, men dricker desto mer.We don't eat much, but drink all the more.
** Forms a parallel comparative with ju.
    Ju mer, desto bättreThe more, the better

#### Usage notes

Colloquially, desto as a parallel comparative is sometimes replaced by a second ju: "Ju mer, ju bättre." "Desto mer, desto bättre" also occurs.

### References

* desto in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* desto in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* desto in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* stode