annar hvor

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse annarr hvárr. By surface analysis, annar (“one of two”) +‎ hvor (“either, each of two”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈan(ː)ar ˈkʰvɔːr] === Pronoun === annar hvor (feminine önnur hvor, neuter annað hvort) either (one of two) [with definite noun or genitive attribute] annar hvor þeirra ― either of them every other, every second [with indefinite noun] annan hvorn dag ― every other day aðra hvora helgi ― every other weekend annað hvort ár ― every other year Mín börn fara til pabba síns alltaf aðra hvora helgi. ― My children go to their dad's every other weekend. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== annaðhvort ... eða (“either ... or”) öðru hvoru (“now and then”) === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “annar hvor”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “annar hvor” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)