zwei

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Alemannic German [edit]

Number [edit]

zwei

  1. (cardinal) two

German [edit]

German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwei
    Ordinal : zweite

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German zwēne, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Dutch twee, English twain.

Pronunciation [edit]

Numeral [edit]

zwei

  1. two

Declension [edit]

Zwei has a genitive form zweier, e.g. der Vater zweier Kinder "the father of two children".

Only when used as a noun, the dative form is zweien: Ich tanzte mit zwei Männern "I danced with two men", but: Ich tanzte mit zweien "I danced with two." This declension is often neglected in colloquial speech, and sometimes also in the standard language.

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