tweeling

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English

Verb

tweeling

  1. present participle and gerund of tweel

Afrikaans

Etymology

Dutch tweeling

Pronunciation

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Noun

tweeling (plural tweelinge)

  1. twin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch twiling, twilling, tweiling, from Old Dutch *twinling, possibly from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz (compare German Zwilling, English twinling, Danish tvilling). By surface analysis, twee (“two”) +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: twee‧ling

Noun

tweeling m (plural tweelingen, diminutive tweelingetje n)

  1. a pair of twins; said of people and other mammals
    Mijn broer en ik zijn een tweeling.
    My brother and I are twins.
    (literally, “My brother and I are a twin .”)
  2. (less common, usually plural only) each of two twin siblings
    Een tweeling is nooit alleen.
    A twin is never alone.
  3. a vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tweeling
  • → Sranan Tongo: twelengi
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