No. 3,095 in Dutch
desnoods
If necessary.
In a sentence
Ik ga desnoods lopend naar het station als de bus niet komt.
I will walk to the station if necessary, if the bus doesn't come.
The word 'desnoods' is used here to indicate a willingness to walk as a last resort, emphasizing the necessity of action under given circumstances.
Hij zal desnoods de hele nacht doorwerken om het project af te maken.
He will work all night if necessary to finish the project.
In this sentence, 'desnoods' signifies a decision to take extreme or intensive measures to ensure a goal is met.
We kunnen desnoods morgen verder praten als het vandaag niet uitkomt.
We can continue the conversation tomorrow, if necessary, if today doesn't work.
Here, 'desnoods' conveys the proposal to defer the conversation to a later time if the current time is inconvenient.
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