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Ander

Ander

See also: ander, änder, ånder, ænder, -ander, and ander-

Basque

Proper noun

Ander m

  1. A male given name, Basque variant of Andrés, Andreas

Declension

ander

ander

See also: Ander, -ander, ander-, änder, ænder, and ånder

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • anger (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)
  • anner (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Adjective

ander (masculine andere, feminine ander)

  1. (some dialects of Ripuarian) other
  2. (some dialects of Ripuarian) different

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.dər/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ander, from Old Dutch andar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz.

Adjective

ander (not comparable)

  1. other
    De andere zijde.
    The other side.
  2. different
    Ik wil een andere fiets, deze zit niet fijn.
    I want a different bike, I don't sit well on this one.
  3. (archaic) second

Inflection

Note: The predicative/adverbial form is anders, identical to the partitive form.

Inflection of ander
uninflected ander
inflected andere
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial anders
indefinite m./f. sing. andere
n. sing. ander
plural andere
definite andere
partitive anders

Derived terms

Pronoun

ander m (plural anderen)

  1. another, another person, someone else
    Wat je niet wilt dat jou geschiedt, doe dat ook een ander niet
    What you don't want to happen to you, don't do it to someone else either.

Anagrams


German

Etymology

See anderer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔandər/, [ˈʔandɐ], [ˈʔändɐ] (most of Germany, some of Austria)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔandər/, [ˈʔɑndər], [ˈʔändər], [ˈʔändɛr] (Switzerland, some of Austria)

Adjective

ander (not comparable)

  1. See anderer.
  2. (obsolete) the second
    • 1581, Ein new Kochbuch / Das ist Ein grundtliche beschreibung [] (printed in Frankfurt am Main):
      Nun folgen vier Bancket der Edel-leut [] der erste Gang [] Der ander Gang [] der dritt Gang [] Ende deß ersten Banckets der Edelleut / zum Frümahl / am Fleischtag.
      Das ander Bancket der Edelleut. [] das dritte Bancket / der Edelleut.

Usage notes

This form is no longer used outside of compounds such as anderweitig and fixed expressions such as ein ander Mal ("another time").

Declension

Related terms


Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Armenian անտեր (anter).

Adjective

ander

  1. (dialectal) ownerless; unattended

References

  • ander”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), տէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935

Vilamovian

Adjective

ander

  1. other, different
  2. second