| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvífaldur Distributive : tvinnir Collective : báðir Fractional : hálvur | ||
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
tveir
| tveir, tvær, tvey (two) - numeral | |||
| Normal form | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tveir | tvær | tvey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tveir, tvá†, tógva†, tóa† | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tveimum, tveim† | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tveggja) | ||
| Pair-form | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tvinnir | tvinnar | tvinni |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tvinnar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tvinnum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (tvinna) | ||
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : tveir Ordinal : annar Multiplier : tvöfalt | ||
From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai. Cognates include Faroese tveir and Danish to.
tveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvö)
| 20[a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f] | ||
| ← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: tveir Ordinal: annarr Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor Multiplier: tvífaldr Distributive: tvennr Collective: báðir Fractional: halfr | ||
From Proto-Germanic *twai, whence also Old English twā (English two), Old Frisian twā, Old Saxon twā, twō, Dutch twee, German zwei, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai). Compare also Old English twēġen (English twain), Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne (German zween). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁, whence also Latin duo, Ancient Greek δύο (dúo).
tveir (feminine tvær, neuter tvau)
Note that undeclined forms två in Swedish and to in Danish, and tvo in Norwegian are derived from the Old Norse masculine accusative, tvá.