tvilling

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish twinling, from or related to Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eŋ === Noun === tvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger) twin ==== Declension ==== === See also === Tvillingerne === References === “tvilling” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Danish and Swedish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling. === Noun === tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillinger, definite plural tvillingene) a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects) Gemini (someone born under that star sign) === See also === Tvillingene (constellation and star sign) === References === “tvilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. === Noun === tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane) a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related object) Gemini (someone born under that star sign) === See also === Tvillingane (constellation and star sign) === References === “tvilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish tvinlinger, possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Norwegian and Danish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling. === Noun === tvilling c twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects) Hyponyms: enäggstvilling, tvåäggstvilling Gemini (star sign) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === References === “tvilling”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tvilling”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tvilling”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) tvilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)