twelf

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English twelve.

Numeral

twelf

1. twelve

German Low German

Numeral

twelf

1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of twalf (twelve)

Middle English

Numeral

twelf

1. Alternative form of twelve

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: twelf     Ordinal: twelfta     Age: twelfwintre     Multiplier: twelffeald

Alternative forms

• tuœlf — Northumbrian
• tuelf

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twelf/, [tweɫf]

Numeral

twelf

1. twelve

Derived terms

• twelffeald
• twelfhynde

Descendants

• Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
  • English: twelve
  • Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)

Scots

Numeral

twelf

1. Obsolete form of twal.