tólf

See also: tolf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tólf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Faroese tólv, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tolv.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -oulv

Numeral

tólf

twelve; the cardinal number after ellefu (“eleven”) and before þrettán (“thirteen”).

Derived terms

klukkan tólf

Related terms

(ordinal form) tólfti m, tólfta f, n

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Old Saxon twēlif, Old English twelf, Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif).

Numeral

tólf

twelve

Descendants

Danish: tolv
Faroese: tólv
Icelandic: tólf

Norwegian: tolv (Bokmål), tolv (Nynorsk)
Old Swedish: tolf
- Swedish: tolv

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