🆚What is the difference between "nogmaals" and "weer" and "alweer" and "opnieuw" ? "nogmaals" vs "weer" vs "alweer" vs "opnieuw" ? (2024)

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lerenteleven

1 Jul 2017

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Sjors

1 Jul 2017

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It is a case of semantics that I find rather difficult to explain.Usually weer and alweer are used if something happens again without someone being able to change it:'Regent het nou alweer?''Gaat hij daar weer heen?'Nogmaals is a bit of a rarer word. It is quite formal and usually refers back a shorter amount of time.'Ik moet u nogmaals verzoeken te vertekken'Opnieuw is probably your safest bet. In all previous examples opnieuw could've been used as a perfect synonym. Opnieuw is also the most use out of all 4.The differences are really subtle, and more of an intuitive difference which is something you might only be able to pick up after extensive exposure to (spoken) Dutch. Unless you want to strive for that level: think of all of these words as synonyms of opnieuw and don't be afraid to extensively use opnieuw.

It is a case of semantics that I find rather difficult to explain.
Usually weer and alweer are used if something happens again without someone being able to change it:
'Regent het nou alweer?'
'Gaat hij daar weer heen?'

Nogmaals is a bit of a rarer word. It is quite formal and usually refers back a shorter amount of time.
'Ik moet u nogmaals verzoeken te vertekken'

Opnieuw is probably your safest bet. In all previous examples opnieuw could've been used as a perfect synonym. Opnieuw is also the most use out of all 4.

The differences are really subtle, and more of an intuitive difference which is something you might only be able to pick up after extensive exposure to (spoken) Dutch. Unless you want to strive for that level: think of all of these words as synonyms of opnieuw and don't be afraid to extensively use opnieuw.

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Sjors

1 Jul 2017

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@lerenteleven ah, leuk! Het verschil is echt een nuance. Het zal misschien wat onnatuurlijk klinken als je het verkeerd gebruikt, maar je zal zeker begrepen worden. En als je het moet begrijpen: in het woordenboek zal voor alle 4 dezelfde betekenis staan.
In het Engels zou je het kunnen vergelijken met who/whom, het klinkt raar als je het fout doet, maar anderen begrijpen je. Of op vocabulair niveau het verschil tussen toxic en venomous, het zijn synoniemen in dagelijks taalgebruik met een iets andere connotatie.
Als je toch nog iets zekerder over wilt zijn kan je een paar zinnen sturen waar je de 4 in gebruikt en dan kan ik of de woorden onnatuurlijk gebruikt zijn.

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