dvoje

See also: двоје, двоє, and двое

Czech

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Cardinal: dva     Ordinal: druhý     Adverbial: dvakrát     Repetition adjective: dvojnásobný     Multiplier: dvojitý     Collective: dvoje     Substantivised collective: dvé     Specific: dvojí     Fractional: půl, polovina, polovice
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dvój, from Proto-Slavic *dъvojь. Doublet of dvojí and dvé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdvojɛ]

Numeral

dvoje

1. (collective) two, two groups of, two sets of

   dvoje modré kalhoty ― two blue pants

   dvoje stará kamna ― two old stoves

   dvoje silné ponožky ― two pairs of thick socks

   dvoje teplé prádlo ― two sets of warm clothes

Usage notes

• Some dictionaries consider dvoje and dvojí to be interchangable in both meanings.
• This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

Declension

Declension of dvůj (irregular)

singular
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	dvůj1		dvoje1	dvoje
genitive	dvojího		dvojí1	dvojího
dative	dvojímu		dvojí1	dvojímu
accusative	dvojího	dvůj1	dvoji1	dvoje
locative	dvojím		dvojí1	dvojím
instrumental	dvojím		dvojí1	dvojím
plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	dvoji1	dvoje		dvoje
genitive	dvojích
dative	dvojím
accusative	dvoje			dvoje
locative	dvojích
instrumental	dvojími, dvojíma

¹Obsolete.

See also

• (collective numbers from two to ten) dvoje, troje, čtvery, patery, šestery, sedmery, osmery, devatery, desatery

• oboje

Further reading

• “dvoje”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dvoje”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dvoje”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʋôje/
• Hyphenation: dvo‧je

Numeral

dvȍje (Cyrillic spelling дво̏је)

1. (collective) two (for mixed pairs)

Declension

Declension of dvoje

	singular
nominative	dvȍje
genitive	dvóga
dative	dvóma
accusative	dvȍje
vocative	dvȍje
locative	dvóma
instrumental	dvóma

Related terms

• dvȃ (for masculine and neuter pairs)
• dvȉje (for feminine pairs)

Noun

dvȍje n (Cyrillic spelling дво̏је)

1. pair, couple, two persons of different (or grammatically neuter) gender

Declension

Declension of dvoje

	singular
nominative	dvȍje
genitive	dvóga
dative	dvojim(a) / dvóm(a)
accusative	dvȍje
vocative	dvȍje
locative	dvojim(a) / dvóm(a)
instrumental	dvojim(a) / dvóm(a)

Related terms

• dvòjica