tweede

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: twee
    Ordinal: tweede
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2de

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tweede (attributive tweede, not comparable)

  1. second

Abbreviations

Derived terms

Dutch

Dutch numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: twee
    Ordinal: tweede

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tweede, tweeste, formed from twee by analogy with other ordinals. The original ordinal was ander.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tweede (not comparable)

  1. second, number two
    Het tweede gesprek eindigde in het aanbieden van een baan.
    The second interview ended in a job offer.

Declension

Declension of tweede
uninflected tweede
inflected tweede
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial tweede
indefinite m./f. sing. tweede
n. sing. tweede
plural tweede
definite tweede
partitive —

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: tweede, twede
  • → Aukan: tweda
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