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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German zwillinc, zwinelinc, from Old High German zwiniling from an original *twiniling, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz + *-lingaz.
Compare German Zwilling, Dutch tweeling, English twinling, Danish tvilling. More at twin.
Pronunciation
Noun
צווילינג • (tsviling) m, plural צווילינגען (tsvilingen)
- twin
- set of twins
מײַנע ברידער זענען אַ צווילינג.- mayne brider zenen a tsviling.
- My brothers are twins.
יענע משפּחה האָט דרײַ צווילינגען.- yene mishpokhe hot dray tsvilingen.
- That family has three sets of twins.