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Translation

twelve

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Word origin

From Old High German zwelif, a compound related to zwei ('two') plus a Germanic element for what is left over after ten.

Origin
Old High German
Root
zwelif
English cognates
twelve

Examples

, .

It's already twelve o'clock, we need to go.

, ?

She has twelve siblings, can you imagine that?

Berlin .

In twelve months we're moving to Berlin.

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zwölf: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 18: Number house two: the teens.