tjue

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tjue     Ordinal : tjuende

Alternative forms

• tyve (see usage notes below)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²çʉːə/

Numeral

tjue

1. twenty

Usage notes

• 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

• tjuefem

Related terms

• tjuende (“twentieth”)

References

• “tjue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tjue     Ordinal : tjuande

Alternative forms

• tjuge, tjugo

Etymology

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

Numeral

tjue

1. twenty

Derived terms

• tjuekroning
• tjueåring

Related terms

• tjuande

References

• “tjue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.