Dutzend

See also: dutzend

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tozen via tutzet, dutzet. Derived from Old French dozaine (today douzaine), from doze, from Latin duodecim. Not related to Dutch duizend (thousand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊtsn̩t/, /ˈdʊtsənt/
  • (file)

Noun

Dutzend n (strong, genitive Dutzends, plural Dutzende)

  1. dozen
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 32/2010, page 102:
      Das Buch wurde in mehr als ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzt und verkaufte sich millionenfach.
      The book was translated into more than a dozen languages and sold more than a million copies.

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: tucet
  • Hungarian: tucat
  • Lower Sorbian: ducent
  • Serbo-Croatian: tucet, tuce / туцет, туце
  • Slovak: tucet
  • Slovene: ducat

See also

Further reading

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