twei

See also: twéï

Low German

Low German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : twei
    Ordinal : tweet

Alternative forms

  • twe, twee (Münsterländisch)
  • twei, twij (chiefly Dutch Low Saxon)

Etymology

    From Middle Low German twê, from Old Saxon twene (two).

    Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.

    Numeral

    twei

    1. two (2)

    See also

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    Numeral

    twei

    1. alternative form of tweye
      • ca. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey & others, “Genesis 1:16”, in The Bible:
        “[…] And god made twei grete liytis / the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai / and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt […]”And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Etymology 2

    Adverb

    twei

    1. alternative form of twie

    Plautdietsch

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German twê, twei, from Old Saxon twene.

    Numeral

    twei

    1. two
    • entwei
    • twei-