tvilling
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish twinling, from or related to Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eŋ
Noun
edittvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger)
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tvilling | tvillingen | tvillinger | tvillingerne |
genitive | tvillings | tvillingens | tvillingers | tvillingernes |
See also
editReferences
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editRelated to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Danish and Swedish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.
Noun
edittvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillinger, definite plural tvillingene)
- a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- Gemini (someone born under that star sign)
See also
edit- Tvillingene (constellation and star sign)
References
edit- “tvilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editRelated to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz.
Noun
edittvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane)
See also
edit- Tvillingane (constellation and star sign)
References
edit- “tvilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish tvinlinger, possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Norwegian and Danish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.
Noun
edittvilling c
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
- Hyponyms: enäggstvilling, tvåäggstvilling
- Gemini (star sign)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | tvilling | tvillings |
definite | tvillingen | tvillingens | |
plural | indefinite | tvillingar | tvillingars |
definite | tvillingarna | tvillingarnas |
Derived terms
editSee also
editZodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan | ||||||||
Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen | ||||||||
Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |
References
edit- tvilling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tvilling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tvilling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tvilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Danish terms inherited from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Rhymes:Danish/eŋ
- Rhymes:Danish/eŋ/2 syllables
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns