kahdes

kaksi (“two”) +‎ -s, literally “twoth”

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhdes/, [ˈkɑ̝xde̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑhdes
• Syllabification^(key): kah‧des
• Hyphenation^(key): kah‧des

kahdes

1. (only in compounds or in dates) second, two (ordinal of "two"; also in the word for 12th and 20th)

   kahdestoista ― twelfth

   kahdeskymmenes ― twentieth

   sadaskahdestoista ― one hundred twelfth

   kolmaskymmeneskahdes ― thirty-second

   kahdessadaskolmaskymmeneskahdes ― two hundred thirty-second

   kahdesmiljoonas ― two millionth

   kahdestuhanneskahdessadas ― two thousand two hundredth

   kaksituhattasadas ― two thousand one hundredth

• The sense "second" is only used in compound numerals or in dates (to refer to the second month, i.e. February); the latter use is more often toinen (or simply the name of the month), but both are accepted.
• Interchangeable with toinen (“second”) at the end of an ordinal, i.e. when indicating ones (but not in 12th); toinen is currently more commonly used.

  kolmaskymmeneskahdes; kolmaskymmenestoinen ― thirty-second

• toinen; to indicate ones only, but not in kahdestoista (“twelfth”)

• yhdes (first)

• “kahdes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023