entweder

== German == === Etymology === Middle High German ein(t)weder, Old High German ein(h)wedar. By surface analysis, ent- +‎ weder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛntveːdɐ/ === Conjunction === entweder either (only with oder) entweder … oder ― either … or ==== Usage notes ==== Used only in the pair "entweder … oder", like "either … or" in English. Syntactically, entweder may be treated like a coordinating conjunction or like an adverb. In the latter case, word order inversion takes place without there being any change in meaning. Compare: Entweder du gehst nach Hause oder du bleibst noch. ==== See also ==== weder (“neither … nor”) eintzweder (nonstandard) entzweder (nonstandard) === Further reading === “entweder” in Duden online “entweder”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)