tvilling
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish twinling, from or related to Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eŋ
Noun[edit]
tvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger)
Declension[edit]
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tvilling | tvillingen | tvillinger | tvillingerne |
genitive | tvillings | tvillingens | tvillingers | tvillingernes |
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References[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Danish and Swedish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.
Noun[edit]
tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillinger, definite plural tvillingene)
- a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- Gemini (someone born under that star sign)
See also[edit]
- Tvillingene (constellation and star sign)
References[edit]
- “tvilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz.
Noun[edit]
tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane)
See also[edit]
- Tvillingane (constellation and star sign)
References[edit]
- “tvilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish tvinlinger, possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Norwegian and Danish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.
Noun[edit]
tvilling c
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- Gemini (star sign)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tvilling | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tvilling | tvillingen | tvillingar | tvillingarna |
Genitive | tvillings | tvillingens | tvillingars | tvillingarnas |
See also[edit]
Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren ♈︎ | Oxen ♉︎ | Tvillingarna ♊︎ | Kräftan ♋︎ | ||||||||
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Lejonet ♌︎ | Jungfrun ♍︎ | Vågen ♎︎ | Skorpionen ♏︎ | ||||||||
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Skytten ♐︎ | Stenbocken ♑︎ | Vattumannen ♒︎ | Fiskarna ♓︎ |
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Rhymes:Danish/eŋ
- Rhymes:Danish/eŋ/2 syllables
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns