zwene

Middle High German
Middle High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : ander

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

zwêne (feminine zwô, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Declension
declension of zween
masculine feminine neuter
nominative zwêne zwô zwei
genitive zweier
dative zweien
accusative zwêne zwô zwei

Descendants
  • Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
  • Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
  • Central Franconian: zwei, zwien; zwo, zwu
  • East Franconian: zwej
  • East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German: zwee
  • German: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween
  • Rhine Franconian:
    Palatine German: zwee
    • Pennsylvania German: zwee
  • Vilamovian: cwē
  • Yiddish: צוויי (tsvey)

References
  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zwêne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German
Old High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : andar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

Numeral

zwēne (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Descendants
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