zehn

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Bavarian[edit]

Bavarian numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1 [a], [b] ←  9 10 11  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
1[a], [b]
    Cardinal: zehn, zeah, zehne

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡seːn/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /t͡seɐ̯/

Numeral[edit]

zehn

  1. ten

Central Franconian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ziehn (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten). The vocalic development is comparable to that in sehn (to see), i.e. Old High German -eha- was contracted and merged with -ia- (see the same in Dutch tien, zien).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

zehn

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ten

German[edit]

German numbers (edit)
100[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  1  ←  9 10 11  →  20  → 
1[a], [b]
    Cardinal: zehn
    Ordinal: zehnte
    Sequence adverb: zehntens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 10.
    Adverbial: zehnmal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 10-mal
    Multiplier: zehnfach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 10-fach
    Fractional: Zehntel
    Polygon: Zehneck
    Polygon abbreviation: 10-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: zehneckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 10-eckig

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten). Compare Dutch tien, English ten, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

zehn

  1. (cardinal number) ten (numerical value represented in Arabic numerals as 10)

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Further reading[edit]

  • zehn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zehn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • zehn” in Duden online
  • zehn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik[edit]

Hunsrik numbers (edit)
100[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  1  ←  9 10 11  →  20  → 
1[a], [b]
    Cardinal: zehn
    Ordinal: zehnt

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun.[1]

Cognate with German zehn and Luxembourgish zéng.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

zehn

  1. ten
    Mein Dochter is zehn Joher alt.
    My daughter is ten years old.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zehn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 180

Uzbek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn). Compare Uyghur زېھىن (zëhin).

Noun[edit]

zehn (plural zehnlar)

  1. intelligence, intellect

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