zwänzg
Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German zweinzec, from Old High German zweinzug, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with German zwanzig, Dutch twintig, West Frisian tweintich, English twenty, Icelandic tuttugu, Swedish tjugo.
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zwänzg
- twenty
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Wän Si mal zwänzg Jar debi sind, wird Ine das sicher a no gloifiger.
- When you've been around for twenty years, this will become more familiar to you, too.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):