nítján

See also: nítjan

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nítján     Ordinal : nítjándi

Etymology

From Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Numeral

nítján

1. nineteen; the cardinal number after átján and before tuttugu.

Related terms

• (ordinal form) nítjándi m, nítjánda f or n.

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  18	19	20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
Cardinal: nítján     Ordinal: nítjándi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Compare Old English nigontīene, West Frisian niguntīne, Old High German niunzehan.

Numeral

nítján

1. (cardinal number) nineteen

Descendants

• Icelandic: nítján
• Faroese: nítjan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nitten
• Norwegian Bokmål: nitten
• Swedish: nitton
• Danish: nitten

References

• nítján in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.