üksteist

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈyksˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: üks‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *ükci toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to üks (two) + teist (of second). Shortened from üksteistkümmend ("one of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish yksitoista.

Numeral

Estonian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : üksteist
    Ordinal : üheteistkümnes

üksteist

  1. eleven
Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, üheteist and multiple other alternative partitive singulars: ühtteist, ühteteistkümmend, ühtteistkümmend and ühtteistkümmet.

Declension

Pronoun

üksteist

  1. partitive of üksteise
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