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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse annars.
Adverb
annars
- or else, otherwise
Ef ég hef einhvern pening þá getum við farið út að borða, annars borðum við bara heima.- If I have any cash we can eat out, otherwise we'll just eat at home.
- by the way
Hey, veistu annars hvað hún heitir?- By the way, do you know her name?
Etymology 2
Pronoun
annars
- genitive masculine/neuter singular of annar (“other”)
Adjective
annars
- genitive masculine/neuter singular of annar (“second”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse annars.
Adverb
annars
- otherwise, or else
Eg måtte skunda meg, for annars fór han ifrå meg.- I had to hurry, because otherwise he would leave me behind.
Pass deg, annars ramlar du!- Watch out, or else you'll fall!
Synonyms
References
- “annars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “annars”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “annars” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old Norse
Etymology
Genitive singular of annarr.
Adjective
annars
- masculine/neuter genitive singular of annarr
Adverb
annars (not comparable)
- otherwise, else, or else
References
- “annars”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse annars.
Pronunciation
Adverb
annars (not comparable)
- otherwise, or else
Anagrams