tjuende

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse tuttugti.

Adjective[edit]

tjuende (indeclinable)

  1. twentieth

Usage notes[edit]

Tjuende is the more common form of "twentieth" in most Norwegian dialects, but the Danish-influenced tyvende remains in formal use around the capital Oslo.

It is frequently abbreviated as 20. with the decimal point marking it as an ordinal.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • tjue (cardinal form: 20)

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