vijftig
Dutch edit
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| Cardinal: vijftig Ordinal: vijftigste | ||||
Alternative forms edit
- vichtig (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch vijftich, from Old Dutch *fīftig, from Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
vijftig
Usage notes edit
Although spelt with v-, the word is traditionally pronounced with initial /f/ even in accents that generally do not devoice v-. (This is due to analogy with zeventig ["seventy"], which used to have a prefix t- and hence a devoiced z-). However, there are also many speakers who pronounce /v/ in line with the spelling as a hypercorrection.