emellertid

Swedish

Etymology

i +‎ medel +‎ tid, at least since 1530: i midhell tidh, same as Danish imidlertid, Norwegian imidlertid, Middle Low German middeler tit, similar to English meanwhile. Already in the 1580s, the use started to shift from time (= meanwhile) to cause (= however).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Adverb

emellertid

1. (archaic) meanwhile, during the same time
2. however

Conjunction

emellertid

1. (archaic) meanwhile, during the same time
2. (archaic) until
3. (archaic) because

Further reading

• emellertid in Svensk ordbok.