tjugo

Swedish

Swedish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tjugo     Ordinal : tjugonde

Etymology

From Old Swedish tiughu, from Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /²ɕʉ̟ːɡʊ/, (unstressed, in compounds) /ɕɵ/
  • (southern, western Sweden) IPA^(key): /²ɕʉ̟ːɡɛ/
  • (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): /²ɕʉ̟ːɡɪ/

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• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɕʉːɡʊ/, /ˈtɕʉːɡʉ/
• Rhymes: -ʉːɡʊ

Numeral

tjugo

1. twenty

Derived terms

• tjug
• tjuga
• tjugonde
• tjugondel