אָדער

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Yiddish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old High German odar (compare modern German oder), from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (compare Old English ōþer, oþer, modern English other, or), from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros (other).

Conjunction[edit]

אָדער (oder)

  1. or
    אָדער...אָדער...oder...oder...either...or...

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German āder, from Old High German ādra, from Proto-West Germanic *ādrā. Cognates include German Ader and Luxembourgish Oder.

Noun[edit]

אָדער (oderm, plural אָדערן (odern)

  1. (anatomy) vein, blood vessel
Derived terms[edit]