fünf

See also: Fünf

German

German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fünf
    Ordinal : fünfte

Etymology

From Old High German fimf, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Formal cognates include Dutch vijf, English five, Yiddish פֿינף (finf), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf) and Faroese fimm.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /fʏnf/
  • (colloquial, regional) IPA(key): /fʏmf/
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Numeral

fünf

  1. five (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 5; or describing a set with five elements)

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Further reading

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