eller
English
editNoun
editeller (plural ellers)
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish ællær, from Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editeller
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Conjunction
editeller
- or
- Hun er litt rar, eller hva? ― She's a bit odd, or what?
- Knask eller knep? ― Trick or treat?
- Jeg veit ikke om han er dum eller frekk. ― I don't know if he's stupid or rude.
- Organisasjonen er usikker på om det er en god idé eller ikke. ― The organisation is unsure as to whether it's a good idea or not.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editeller
References
edit- “eller” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editAlternative forms
edit- elr, lr (text messaging)
- l. (lexicography)
Etymology
editFrom Old Swedish ælla, ællar, from Old Norse ella, ellar, from Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editeller
- or
- 1974, Lasse Tennander, “Ska vi gå hem till dig [Shall We Go to Your Place ["home to you" – idiomatic]]”, in Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre [Anything You Do, I Can Do Better [a cover album]][1], performed by Magnus Uggla:
- Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem till mig, eller var och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och ägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt?
- Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home to me], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concrete referent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of "devote"], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?
- nor
- Han sade varken ja eller nej
- He said neither yes nor no
Phrase
editeller
- or what?
- Skämtade hon eller?
- Was she joking or what?
- Ska du med eller?
- Are you joining or what?
- Är du go eller?
- Are you a swell guy or what? (regional, stereotypical phrase, Göteborg)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- eller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- eller in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- eller in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- eller in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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