tvilling
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eŋ
Noun
tvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger)
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tvilling | tvillingen | tvillinger | tvillingerne |
| genitive | tvillings | tvillingens | tvillingers | tvillingernes |
See also
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from a 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
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
- Tvillingene (constellation and star sign)
References
- “tvilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from a Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz.
Noun
tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane)
See also
- Tvillingane (constellation and star sign)
References
- “tvilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish tvinlinger, possibly from a 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
tvilling c
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
Declension
| Declension of tvilling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tvilling | tvillingen | tvillingar | tvillingarna |
| Genitive | tvillings | tvillingens | tvillingars | tvillingarnas |
- Rhymes:Danish/eŋ
- 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