twentig
Old English
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Cardinal: twēntiġ Ordinal: twēntigoþa Multiplier: twēntiġfeald |
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon twentig, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtweːn.tij/
Numeral
twēntiġ
- twenty
Usage notes
- Numbers twenty and above usually take nouns in the genitive case: "twenty cats" is twēntiġ catta, literally "twenty of cats."
Derived terms
- twēntiġfeald
Descendants
- Middle English: twenty
- English: twenty
- Tok Pisin: twenti
- Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
- Yola: dwanty
- English: twenty
Old Saxon
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Cardinal : twentig | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Compare Old Frisian and Old English twēntiġ, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.
Numeral
twentig
- twenty
Descendants
- German Low German: twintig
- Plautdietsch: twintich