zwene

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Middle High German[edit]

Middle High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : ander

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral[edit]

zwêne (feminine zwô, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Declension[edit]

declension of zween
masculine feminine neuter
nominative zwêne zwô zwei
genitive zweier
dative zweien
accusative zwêne zwô zwei

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zwêne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German[edit]

Old High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : andar

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

Numeral[edit]

zwēne (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Descendants[edit]

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