zéng

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See also: zeng, zèng, zēng, and zěng

Luxembourgish

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Luxembourgish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zéng
    Ordinal : zéngt

Etymology

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From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun. As in Central Franconian zehn and Dutch tien, the group -eha- must have been contracted and merged with the diphthong -ia-. This Old High German *zian regularly yields Luxembourgish zéng. Also cognate with German zehn, English ten, Icelandic tíu.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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zéng

  1. ten