zwänzg

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• zwenzig

Etymology

From Middle High German zweinzec, from Old High German zweinzug, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with German zwanzig, Dutch twintig, West Frisian tweintich, English twenty, Icelandic tuttugu, Swedish tjugo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsvæntsk/

Numeral

zwänzg

1. twenty
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Wän Si mal zwänzg Jar debi sind, wird Ine das sicher a no gloifiger.

     When you've been around for twenty years, this will become more familiar to you, too.