þrettán

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: þrettán     Ordinal: þrettándi

Etymology

From Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɛhtauːn/

Numeral

þrettán

1. thirteen; the cardinal number after tólf and before fjórtán.

   Það eru þrettán jólasveinar í íslenskum þjóðsögum.

   There are thirteen Yule Lads in the Icelandic legends.

Related terms

• (ordinal form) þrettándi

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  12	13	14  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: þrettán     Ordinal: þrettándi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Compare Old Saxon thriutein, Old Frisian thretīne, Old English þreotīene, Old High German drīzehan.

Numeral

þrettán

1. (cardinal number) thirteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: þrettán
• Faroese: trettan
• Norn: trettin
• Norwegian: tretten (Bokmål), tretten (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: tretton
• Danish: tretten