fünfzehn

== German == === Alternative forms === Colloquial forms are fuffzehn [ˈfʊft͡seːn] in northern and central Germany; fuchzehn [ˈfʊxt͡seːn] in southern Germany and Austria. These forms are frequent in pronunciation, but rare in writing, the more so as numerals above 12 are usually not written out in German texts. === Etymology === From Middle High German vünfzehen, from Old High German fimfzehan, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Equivalent to fünf +‎ zehn. Compare Dutch vijftien, West Frisian fyftjin, English fifteen, Danish femten, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʏnft͡seːn/ === Numeral === fünfzehn (cardinal number) fifteen ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Fünfzehn, Fünfzehner, Fünfzehntel fünfzehnste, fünfzehnfach, fünfzehnstündig ==== Related terms ==== fünf zehn === Further reading === “fünfzehn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “fünfzehn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fünfzehn” in Duden online fünfzehn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de