üksteist

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Estonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈykstei̯st/, [ˈykstei̯st]
  • Rhymes: -eist
  • Hyphenation: üks‧teist

Etymology 1

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Estonian numbers (edit)
110
 ←  10 11 12  → 
    Cardinal: üksteist
    Ordinal: üheteistkümnes
    Fractional: üheteistkümnendik

From Proto-Finnic *ükci toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to üks (one) +‎ teist (of second). Shortened from üksteistkümmend ("one of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish yksitoista.

Numeral

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üksteist

  1. eleven
Usage notes
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There is also a shortened genitive singular, üheteist and multiple other alternative partitive singulars: ühtteist, ühteteistkümmend, ühtteistkümmend and ühtteistkümmet.

Declension
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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üksteist

  1. partitive of üksteise