Wiktionary

zwene

Middle High German edit

Middle High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : ander

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral edit

zwêne (feminine zwô, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Declension edit

declension of zween
masculine feminine neuter
nominative zwêne zwô zwei
genitive zweier
dative zweien
accusative zwêne zwô zwei

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zwêne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German edit

Old High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : andar

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

Numeral edit

zwēne (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Descendants edit

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