tweeling
See also: Tweeling
English
Verb
tweeling
Afrikaans
Etymology
Dutch tweeling
Noun
tweeling (plural tweelinge)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch twiling, twilling, tweiling, from Old Dutch *twinling, possibly from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz (compare German Zwilling, English twinling, Danish tvilling); or a more recent formation from twee (“two”) + -ling.
Pronunciation
Noun
tweeling m (plural tweelingen, diminutive tweelingetje n)
- A pair of twins; said of people and other mammals.
- Mijn broer en ik zijn een tweeling.
- My brother and I are twins.
- (literally, “My brother and I are a twin [pair].”)
- (less common, usually plural only) Each of two twin siblings.
- Een tweeling is nooit alleen.
- A twin is never alone.
- A vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair
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- Afrikaans: tweeling
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