Dutzend

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German

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German tozen via tutzet, dutzet. Derived from old French dozaine (today douzaine), from douze, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin duodecim. Not related to duizend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊtsn̩t/, /ˈdʊtsənt/
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Noun

Dutzend n (genitive Dutzends, plural Dutzende)

  1. dozen
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 32/2010, page 102:
      Das Buch wurde in mehr als ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzt und verkaufte sich millionenfach.
      The book was translated into more than a dozen languages and sold more than a million copies.

Declension

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