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

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