fimmtán

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : fimmtán     Ordinal : fimmtándi

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

fimmtán

1. fifteen; the cardinal number after fjórtán and before sextán.

Related terms

• (ordinal form) fimmtándi m, fimmtánda f or n

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  14	15	16  →
Cardinal: fimmtán, fimtán     Ordinal: fimmtándi, fimtándi

Alternative forms

• fimtán

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Compare Old Saxon fīftein, Old Frisian fīftīne, Old English fīftīene, Old High German fimfzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).

Numeral

fimmtán

1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: fimmtán
• Faroese: fimtan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: femten
• Norwegian Bokmål: femten
• Swedish: femton
• Danish: femten

References

• fimtán in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.