anders Dutch · revision 37162

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈɑn.dərs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''anders'''^(Wiktionary)

+ In dialects it is also contracted to ''aars''.^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|anders]], formed [[af|nl|ander|-s]] with the adverbial ending ⟨-s⟩.^(EWN)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)^(VMNW) Middle Dutch had the same form as the genitive singular of the pronoun, and the Middle Dutch dictionary warns against confusing the two.^(MNW) The same formation is [[goh|anderes]] (modern [[de|anders]]), [[gml|anders]] and [[ofs|ōtheres]] (modern [[fy|oars]]).^(EWN)^(De Vries 1971)^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The oldest records are from the Lower Rhine in the first quarter of the 13th century, with the senses “otherwise” and, in ''anderis nuwet'', “nothing else”.^(EWN)^(VMNW) A Ghent statute of 1236 uses it for “in another way”: married people are not to be admitted unless the aldermen think ''anders'' of it.^(VMNW)^(EWN)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Middle Dutch used ''anders'' as an adverb of manner (“in another way”), with ''anders dan'' “otherwise than”, and of place (“elsewhere”).^(VMNW) It also stood before nouns where the inflected adjective ''andere'' would now be used: ''anders huus'', “another house”.^(MNW) The modern senses “at other times, usually”, “in other circumstances, or else” and the use as a predicate adjective, ''dat is anders'', “that is different”, are all in Van Dale.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT) A euphemistic sense “homosexual” is recent.^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ In southern Dutch some writers used ''anders'' for “much more”, after French ''autrement'';^(De Vreese 1899) De Vreese counted this among the gallicisms.^(De Vreese 1899) Negerhollands took over ''anders'', and a Javanese dialect had ''andhers''.^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1201–1225 – First records, from the Lower Rhine.^(EWN)^(Van der Sijs 2001)^(VMNW)

+ * 1236 – ''Anders'' “in another way” in a Ghent statute.^(EWN)^(VMNW)

+ * 1301 – ''Anders huus'' “another house”, with ''anders'' before a noun.^(MNW)

+ * 1528 – Earliest quotation in the WNT.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In another way, [[m|en|differently]]: ''Zij pakt het dit jaar anders aan.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # At other times, [[m|en|usually]]: ''Anders is hij nooit te laat.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # In other circumstances, [[m|en|otherwise]], or else: ''Neem een jas mee, anders word je nat.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # For another reason, or as a reservation: ''Het is anders wel een goed idee.''^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(predicative)'' Different in kind or character: ''Deze stad is anders dan ik dacht.''^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # ''(euphemistic)'' Homosexual.^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[andersom]]

+ * [[anderszins]]

+ * [[andersdenkend]]

+ * [[andersgezind]]

+ * [[andersheid]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ander]]

+ * [[de|anders]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The first name ''Anders'' is a different matter: it is the Frisian, Low German and Scandinavian form of ''Andreas''.^(Van der Schaar 2004)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}