Zwilling

Borrowed from German Zwilling.

Zwilling (plural Zwillings)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zwilling is the 35866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 626 individuals. Zwilling is most common among White (96.96%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zwilling”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Middle High German zwillinc, zwinelinc, from Old High German zwiniling from an original *twiniling, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz + *-lingaz.

Compare Dutch tweeling, English twinling, Danish tvilling. More at twin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡svɪlɪŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Zwil‧ling

Zwilling m (strong, genitive Zwillinges or Zwillings, plural Zwillinge, feminine Zwillingin)

1. twin (male or female; the feminine form Zwillingin is rare)
2. (in compounds) twin (used as a component in numerous compound words such as Zwillingstürme (“Twin Towers”), with (one or more) or without hyphens depending on the word's length and the taste of the writer)

• Drilling m (“triplet”)

• → Plautdietsch: Zwillinkj

• (Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische ^{(Category: de:Astrology)}

• “Zwilling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zwilling” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zwilling” in Duden online

From Middle High German zwilling, zwinling, from Old High German zwiniling, from Proto-West Germanic *twiniling, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sviliŋ/
• Rhymes: -iliŋ
• Hyphenation: Zwil‧ling

Zwilling m (plural Zwilling)

1. twin

   Sie hon Zwilling kreid ― She had twins

   Meer sin Zwilling ― We are twins

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡swiliŋ/

Zwilling m (plural Zwillingen)

1. twin
2. Gemini (constellation and astrological sign)