tvilling

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish twinling, from or related to Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

tvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger)

  1. twin

Declension

Declension of tvilling
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tvilling tvillingen tvillinger tvillingerne
genitive tvillings tvillingens tvillingers tvillingernes

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related 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

tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillinger, definite plural tvillingene)

  1. a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
  2. Gemini (someone born under that star sign)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related 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

tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane)

  1. a twin (as above)
  2. Gemini (someone born under that star sign)

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Swedish

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Etymology

From 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

tvilling c

  1. 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
  2. Gemini (star sign)

Declension

Declension of tvilling
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tvilling tvillings
definite tvillingen tvillingens
plural indefinite tvillingar tvillingars
definite tvillingarna tvillingarnas

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See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren Oxen Tvillingarna Kräftan
Lejonet Jungfrun Vågen Skorpionen
Skytten Stenbocken Vattumannen Fiskarna

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