elleve

Danish

Danish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: elleve     Ordinal: elfte
Danish Wikipedia article on 11

Etymology

From Old Norse ellifu, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare Norwegian Bokmål elleve, Swedish elva, Icelandic ellefu, Faroese ellivu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlvə]

Numeral

elleve

1. eleven

Middle English

Alternative forms

• enleve, endleve, eolleve

Numeral

elleve

1. preconsonantal form of elleven

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : elleve     Ordinal : ellevte

Etymology

From Old Norse ellifu, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare Danish elleve, Swedish elva, Icelandic ellefu, Faroese ellivu.

Numeral

elleve

1. eleven

   "Det er elleve dager igjen til nyttår." - There are eleven days left before New Year.

References

• “elleve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : elleve     Ordinal : ellevte

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms

• ellev (many dialects)
• elliv, eddiv (Telemark)
• elløv (Trysil and Engerdal)
• ylløv (Surnadal and western parts of Trøndelag)
• ølløve, ølleve
• ølluvu, ødluvu
• øllev (Nordnorsk)
• ølve (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen)
• ølløu (Iveland)
• øllu (Romsdal)
• ølløv (Trøndelag)
• ølle (Helgeland)
• ellug
• eddjug, eddjuge
• ejjug, ejjuge
• ellov, ellove
• oljov
• yllauv
• ølløv
• øllov
• øllug, øllog
• øddjug, øddog
• øddåk

Etymology

From Old Norse ellifu.

Numeral

elleve

1. eleven

References

• “elleve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.