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German
Etymology
selb (“self”) + ander (“second”), compare selbst, selber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛlpˈʔandɐ/
- Hyphenation: selb‧an‧der
Adverb
selbander
- (archaic) two together
- Synonym: selbzweit
- Coordinate term: selbdritt
1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:Des Nachts da war es besser, / Da waren die Straßen leer; / Ich und mein Schatten selbander, / Wir wandelten schweigend einher.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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