Swedish conjunction· top 2,000 most common

antingen

whether, either

Meaning

whether; either

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What does antingen mean?

antingen in a sentence

  • antingen du vill det eller inte
    whether you want to or not
  • antingen du eller jag
    either you or I
  • Antingen går du, eller så ringer jag polisen
    Either you leave, or I'll call the police

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What does antingen mean in English?

antingen means “whether, either”.

Origin

From Old Swedish annattwäggia, from a compound of annat (“other”) + tväggia (“genitive of tver (“two”)”), literally “the other of the two”.

Nearby common words

antingen is number 1,306 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary