Meaning

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

oder

Graubünden

Graubünden

oder

Fribourg

Fribourg

oder

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

oder

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

oder

Bern

Bern

oder

Aargau

Aargau

oder

Bern

Bern

o

Zürich

Zürich

odr

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ooder

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

oder

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔoːdɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German oder (whence also Yiddish אָדער (oder)), from Old High German odar, an alteration of odo by analogy with wedar (whence modern weder). The form odo is an assimilated, unstressed form of eddo (also edo), itself cognate with Old Saxon ettho, Old English eþþa, oþþe, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau). This formation is of uncertain origin: While the second component is Proto-Germanic *þau, the first may be *eh, *iþ (cf. Gothic 𐌹𐌸 (iþ)), or *jaba(i) (whence German ob, cf. Dutch ofte).

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