Dutzend
See also: dutzend
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editDutzend n (strong, genitive Dutzends, plural Dutzende)
- dozen
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], 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
editDeclension of Dutzend [neuter, strong]
Descendants
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “Dutzend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dutzend” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dutzend” in Duden online
- Dutzend on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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