Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Adverb edit

emellertid

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

Conjunction edit

emellertid

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

Further reading edit