annan

annan

1. First-person singular present form of andma.

annan

1. first-person singular present indicative of antaa

• Nanan, nanna

From Old Norse annarr and the accusative annan.

• IPA^(key): /²ɑnːɑn/

annan (feminine anna, neuter anna, definite singular andre, plural andre)

1. other, another

   Me gjer det ein annan gong.

   We will do it another time.

annan (feminine anna, neuter anna, definite singular andre, plural andre)

1. second

   Det er andre gongen dette skjer.

   It's the second time this happens.

• ein eller annan

• “annan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

annan

1. masculine accusative singular of annarr

annan

1. milk

From Old Swedish annar (accusative annan), from Old Norse annarr, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros.

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annan (indefinite neuter annat, masculine definite andre, definite or plural andra)

1. other, (idiomatically, sometimes) else, (when not used as a determiner) (an)other one

   Var är den andra boken?

   Where is the other book?

   Var är den andra?

   Where is the other one?

   Det här är det andra rummet

   This is the other room

   De andra barnen ville inte följa med

   The other children didn't want to come along

   De andra ville inte följa med

   The others didn't want to come along

   Den andre mannen sade ingenting [masculine -e – "andra" works as well, though it could also be interpreted as "second," as a subtle difference]

   The other man said nothing

   Jag vill ha en annan glass

   I want another (a different) ice cream

   Jag vill ha en till glass

   I want another (an additional) ice cream (for comparison)

   Jag vill ha en annan

   I want another one (a different one)

   Jag vill ha en till

   I want another one (an additional one) (for comparison)

   Det var inte den. Det var en annan.

   It wasn't that one. It was another one.

   Hon har en annan dotter

   She has another daughter (and not just the ones you know about)

   Hon har en till dotter

   She has another (an additional) daughter (for comparison – only subtly different)

   Har du sett någon annan gå förbi?

   Have you seen anyone [someone] else walk by?

   Har du sett några andra filmer på sistone?

   Have you seen any other movies lately?

   Har du sett några andra?

   Have you seen any other ones / others (depending on context)?

   Jag har något annat som jag tror att du kommer gilla

   I have something else that I think you'll like

   Jag måste göra klart allt det andra också

   I need to finish all the other things ("all the other") too

"Another" as in "an additional" is en till.

• en annan

• annat

• annan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• annan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• annan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Nanna