tjue

Norwegian Bokmål edit

**Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : tjue Ordinal : tjuende

Alternative forms edit

tyve (see usage notes below)

Etymology edit

From Norwegian Nynorsk tjue, from Old Norse tjogu, from tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz. Replaced older tyve, from Danish tyve.

Numeral edit

tjue

twenty

Usage notes edit

Tjue is the more common spelling in most dialects and also the official form, but formal use around the capital Oslo continues to use the spelling tyve.

Derived terms edit

tjuefem

Related terms edit

tjuende (“twentieth”)

References edit

“tjue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

tjue

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

**Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers**
< 19	20	21 > ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal : tjue Ordinal : tjuande

Alternative forms edit

tjuge, tjugo

Etymology edit

From Old Norse tjogu, a variant of tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.

Numeral edit

tjue

twenty

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

tjuande

References edit

“tjue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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