ander

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dɛr/
• Hyphenation: an‧der
• Rhymes: -ɑndɛr

Adjective

ander (attributive andere, not comparable)

1. other

   Het die ander kok dit ook gemaak?

   Did the other cook also make that?

   As ek hierdie speelding maak, sal ek nie die ander een kan maak nie.

   If I make this toy I won't be able to make the other one.

   Ons kan dit in 'n ander manier doen.

   We can do this another way.

2. different

   Ons het vir haar gevra hoekom sy nie hierdie kat wou hê nie, maar sy was doodstil op 'n ander een.

   We asked her why she didn't want this cat, but she was dead-set on a different one.

   Aristoteles het anders gesterf as wat die meeste mense dink.

   Aristotle died differently than most people think.

   Ek respekteer nie mense wat anders as ek dink nie.

   I don't respect people who think differently to me.

3. (archaic) second

Derived terms

• anderhalf (“one and a half”)
• anderding
• andersins (“in another way”)
• anders (“otherwise”)
• andersom (“vice versa”)
• verander (“to change”)

Pronoun

ander

1. another, another person, someone else

   Behandel ander soos jy behandel wil word.

   Treat others as you want to be treated.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (“under”) and *n̥tér (“inside”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: an‧der

Adjective

ander

1. henpecked
2. uxorious
3. submissive

Verb

ander

1. to domineer
2. to intimidate

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle High German ander, from Old High German andar.

The form is non-native in Central Franconian and borrowed from standard German anderer in those eastern and central Ripuarian dialects that often replace their inherited -ng- with -nd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈandʌ/

Adjective

ander (masculine andere, feminine ander)

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dər/

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• Hyphenation: an‧der
• Rhymes: -ɑndər

Adjective

ander (not comparable)

1. other

   Kun je me een ander boek aanraden?

   Can you recommend me another book?

   De kat speelde met het ene speeltje en negeerde het andere speeltje.

   The cat played with one toy and ignored the other toy.

   Er zijn veel manieren om dit probleem op een andere manier op te lossen.

   There are many ways to solve this problem in a different manner.

2. different

   Ze koos een ander restaurant voor het diner.

   She chose a different restaurant for dinner.

   De twee schilderijen zijn van dezelfde kunstenaar, maar ze hebben een andere stijl.

   The two paintings are by the same artist, but they have a different style.

   Het nieuwe ontwerp ziet er anders uit dan het vorige.

   The new design looks different from the previous 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

• anderdaags
• anderdeels
• anderhalf (“one and a half”)
• anderling
• andermaal
• anderman (“someone else”)
• anders (“otherwise”)
• anderzijds (“on the other hand”)
• veranderen (“to change”)

 

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: andre, andri
• Jersey Dutch: ānder
• Negerhollands: ander, andi, andu
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ander

Pronoun

ander m (plural anderen)

1. another, another person, someone else

   Wat gij niet wilt dat u geschiedt, doe dat ook een ander niet.

   What you don't want to happen to you, don't do it to another either.

Anagrams

• André, Arend, arend, nader, raden

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 (strong nominative masculine singular anderer, 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Das ander Bancket der Edelleut. […] das dritte Bancket / der Edelleut.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Positive forms of ander (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist ander	sie ist ander	es ist ander	sie sind ander
strong declension (without article)	nominative	anderer	andere	anderes	andere
	genitive	anderen	anderer	anderen	anderer
	dative	anderem	anderer	anderem	anderen
	accusative	anderen	andere	anderes	andere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der andere	die andere	das andere	die anderen
	genitive	des anderen	der anderen	des anderen	der anderen
	dative	dem anderen	der anderen	dem anderen	den anderen
	accusative	den anderen	die andere	das andere	die anderen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein anderer	eine andere	ein anderes	(keine) anderen
	genitive	eines anderen	einer anderen	eines anderen	(keiner) anderen
	dative	einem anderen	einer anderen	einem anderen	(keinen) anderen
	accusative	einen anderen	eine andere	ein anderes	(keine) anderen

• see anderer

Related terms

• anders
• anderthalb
• anderweitig
• ändern

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch andar, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

ander

1. second
2. other
3. (nominalised) another, someone else, others
4. further, more

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: ander
• Limburgish: anger

Further reading

• “ander”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ander”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (1979) “տէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 403a
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 706, page 141

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German andar.

Adjective

ander

1. other, different
2. second