zwene

Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zwene     Ordinal : andar

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

Numeral

zwēne m (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

1. two

Descendants

• Middle High German: zwei
  • Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
  • Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
    • Cimbrian:
      • Luserna: zboa
      • Sette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f
  • Central Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)
    • Hunsrik: zweu
  • East Franconian: zwej
  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German: zwee

  • German: zwei, zwo, zween m (archaic)
  • Luxembourgish: zwee
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: zwee

    Pennsylvania German: zwee

  • Vilamovian: cwe, cwē
  • Yiddish: צוויי (tsvey)