tjue

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21 > [a], [b]
    Cardinal : tjue
    Ordinal : tjuende

Alternative forms

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  • tyve (see usage notes below)

Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk tjue, from Old Norse tjogu, from tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz. Replaced older tyve, from Danish tyve.

Numeral

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tjue

  1. twenty

Usage notes

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  • Tjue is the more common spelling in most dialects and also the official form, but formal use around the capital Oslo continues to use the spelling tyve.

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21 > [a], [b]
    Cardinal : tjue
    Ordinal : tjuande

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tjogu, a variant of tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.

Numeral

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tjue

  1. twenty

Derived terms

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References

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