tjuende
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- tyvende
Etymology
From Old Norse tuttugti
Adjective
tjuende (indeclinable)
- twentieth
Usage notes
Tjuende is the more common form of "twentieth" in most Norwegian dialects, but the Danish-influenced tyvende remains in formal use around the capital Oslo.
It is frequently abbreviated as 20. with the decimal point marking it as an ordinal.
Derived terms
- tjuendedag
Related terms
- tjue (cardinal form: 20)
References
- “tjuende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.