zwei
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Alemannic German [edit]
Number [edit]
zwei
- (cardinal) two
German [edit]
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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
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.
