nítján

See also: nítjan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Numeral

nítján

nineteen; the cardinal number after átján and before tuttugu.

Related terms

(ordinal form) nítjándi m, nítjánda f, n.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Compare Old English nigontīene, Old Frisian niguntīne, Old High German niunzehan, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (niuntaihun).

Numeral

nítján

nineteen

Descendants

Danish: nitten
Faroese: nítjan
Icelandic: nítján

Norwegian: nitten (Bokmål), nitten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: nitton

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