zehn
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Bavarian
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Numeral
zehn
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- ziehn (southern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). The vocalic development is comparable to that in sehn (“to see”), i.e. Old High German -eha- was contracted and merged with -ia- (see the same in Dutch tien, zien).
Pronunciation
Numeral
zehn
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ten
German
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| Cardinal: zehn Ordinal: zehnte Sequence adverb: zehntens Ordinal abbreviation: 10. Adverbial: zehnmal Adverbial abbreviation: 10-mal Multiplier: zehnfach Multiplier abbreviation: 10-fach Fractional: Zehntel Polygon: Zehneck Polygon abbreviation: 10-Eck Polygonal adjective: zehneckig Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 10-eckig | ||||
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Etymology
From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Compare Dutch tien, English ten, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun).
Pronunciation
Numeral
zehn
- (cardinal number) ten (numerical value represented in Arabic numerals as 10)
Coordinate terms
German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
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- 10100: Googol
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- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
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Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “zehn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zehn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zehn” in Duden online
zehn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun.
Cognate with German zehn and Luxembourgish zéng.
Pronunciation
Numeral
zehn
- ten
- Mein Dochter is zehn Joher alt.
- My daughter is ten years old.
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zehn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 180
Uzbek
Etymology
From Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn). Compare Uyghur زېھىن (zëhin).
Noun
zehn (plural zehnlar)