tjuende

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tuttugti

Adjective

tjuende (indeclinable)

  1. twentieth

Usage notes

Tjuende is the more common form of "twentieth" in most Norwegian dialects, but the Danish-influenced tyvende remains in formal use around the capital Oslo.

It is frequently abbreviated as 20. with the decimal point marking it as an ordinal.

Derived terms
  • tjue (cardinal form: 20)

References
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