tjuende

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tyvende

Etymology

From Old Norse tuttugti.

Adjective

tjuende (indeclinable)

1. twentieth

Usage notes

Tjuende is the more common form of "twentieth" in most Norwegian dialects, but the Danish-influenced tyvende remains in formal use around the capital Oslo.

It is frequently abbreviated as 20. with the decimal point marking it as an ordinal.

Derived terms

• tjuendedag

Related terms

• tjue (cardinal form: 20)

References

• “tjuende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.