antingen

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish annattwäggia, from a compound of annat (“other”) +‎ tväggia (“genitive of tver (“two”)”), literally “the other of the two”. The change of the middle syllables to -ing is probably from analogy to various words ending with the suffix -ing.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

antingen

1. either

   Antingen går du, eller så ringer jag polisen

   Either you leave, or I'll call the police

References

• “antingen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “antingen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “antingen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)