tjugo

tjugo

Swedish

Swedish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tjugo     Ordinal : tjugonde

Etymology

From Old Swedish tiughu, from Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕʉːˌɡʊ/, (colloquial, Gothenburg) /ˈɕʉːˌɡɛ/, (colloquial, Stockholm, Uppsala) /ˈɕʉːˌɡɪ/, (colloquial, only with numbers between 21 and 29, never 20 itself) /ˈɕɵ/

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Numeral

tjugo

1. twenty

Derived terms

• tjug
• tjuga
• tjugonde
• tjugondel