tveir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

tveir

1. (cardinal) two

Declension

tveir, tvær, tvey (two) - numeral
Normal form	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tveir	tvær	tvey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tveir, tvá†, tógva†, tóa†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tveimum, tveim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(tveggja)
Pair-form	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tvinnir	tvinnar	tvinni
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tvinnar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tvinnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(tvinna)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʰveiːr/

  Rhymes: -eiːr

Numeral

tveir

1. two; the cardinal number after einn and before þrír.

Declension

    declension

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tveir	tvær	tvö
accusative	tvo	tvær	tvö
dative	tveimur, tveim	tveimur, tveim	tveimur, tveim
genitive	tveggja	tveggja	tveggja

Related terms

• (ordinal form) annar

Derived terms

• klukkan tvö
• milli tveggja elda

See also

• tvistur n

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, whence also Old English twā (English two), Old Frisian twā, Old Saxon twā, twō, Dutch twee, German zwei, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai). Compare also Old English twēġen (English twain), Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne (German zween). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwó, whence also Latin duo, Ancient Greek δύο (dúo).

Numeral

tveir

1. (cardinal) two

Inflection

	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tveir	tvær	tvau
Accusative	tvá	tvær	tvau
Dative	tveimr / tveim	tveimr / tveim	tveimr / tveim
Genitive	tveggja	tveggja	tveggja

Descendants

Danish: to Faroese: tveir Icelandic: tveir

Norwegian (nynorsk): to, tvei (archaic) Swedish: två

Note that undeclined forms två in Swedish and to in Danish and Norwegian are derived from the Old Norse masculine accusative, tvá.