"beziehungsweise" meaning in German

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Conjunction

IPA: /bəˈtsiːʊŋsˌvaɪ̯zə/ Audio: De-beziehungsweise.ogg , De-beziehungsweise2.ogg
Etymology: From Beziehung + -s- + -weise. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Beziehung|-s-|-weise}} Beziehung + -s- + -weise Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} beziehungsweise
  1. or, also
    Sense id: en-beziehungsweise-de-conj-FTKpO4WH
  2. or rather; more precisely
    Sense id: en-beziehungsweise-de-conj-fQPIn8gk
  3. and…respectively
    Sense id: en-beziehungsweise-de-conj-esL8Z64O Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -s-, German terms suffixed with -weise Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 11 89 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -s-: 0 37 63 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -weise: 0 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bzw. [abbreviation, common], bezw. [abbreviation, uncommon], bez. [abbreviation, uncommon]

Alternative forms

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