tvilling

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eŋ

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)

See also
  • Tvillingane (constellation and star sign)

References

Swedish

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)
  2. Gemini (star sign)

Declension
Declension of tvilling 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tvilling tvillingen tvillingar tvillingarna
Genitive tvillings tvillingens tvillingars tvillingarnas

See also
Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren ♈︎ Oxen ♉︎ Tvillingarna ♊︎ Kräftan ♋︎
Lejonet ♌︎ Jungfrun ♍︎ Vågen ♎︎ Skorpionen ♏︎
Skytten ♐︎ Stenbocken ♑︎ Vattumannen ♒︎ Fiskarna ♓︎

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