annars

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse annars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanːar̥s/

Adverb

annars

1. 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.

2. by the way

   Hey, veistu annars hvað hún heitir?

   By the way, do you know her name?

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse annars.

Adverb

annars

1. or else

References

• “annars” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

Genitive singular of annarr.

Adjective

1. genitive singular of annarr

Adverb

annars (not comparable)

1. otherwise, else, or else

References

• annars in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adverb

annars (not comparable)

1. otherwise, or else

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Genitive of æænn.

Pronoun

annars

1. belonging to the other

   Kórven ruuv allti stor i annars gryt

   “The sausage always looks big in someone else's pot” (proverb.)

Adjective

annars

1. different

Adverb

annars

1. differently