-teen

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”). === Suffix === -teen Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen. ==== Usage notes ==== In Internet slang usage, the “teen” may be written out in letters following a number, for example: 3teen, 5teen, 8teen, meaning thirteen, fifteen, and eighteen respectively. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -tene, EENT, NEET, neet == Middle English == === Suffix === -teen alternative form of -tene