Re: Words for "ordinal 2" in Germanic languages.

On 2008-09-18, Ruud Harmsen wrote:

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:23 +0100: Adam Funk <a24061@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in
sci.lang:

word for "other"; Dutch has _tweede_ ("second") and _anden_ ("other",
sometimes "second").

"Ander/andere/anderen", actually. Typo, no doubt.

Yes, I meant "ander" there.

In Dutch, what determines whether you use "tweede" or "ander(e(n))"
for "second"?


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