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Bavarian

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Bavarian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: zehn, zeah, zehne

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡seːn/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /t͡seɐ̯/

Numeral

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zehn

  1. ten

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • ziehn (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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From Old High German zehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten). The vocalic development is comparable to that in sehn (to see), i.e. Old High German -eha- was contracted and merged with -ia- (see the same in Dutch tien, zien).

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Numeral

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zehn

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ten

German

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German numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: zehn
    Ordinal: zehnte
    Sequence adverb: zehntens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 10.
    Adverbial: zehnmal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 10-mal
    Multiplier: zehnfach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 10-fach
    Fractional: Zehntel
    Polygon: Zehneck
    Polygon abbreviation: 10-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: zehneckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 10-eckig

Etymology

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From Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten). Compare Dutch tien, English ten, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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zehn

  1. (cardinal number) ten (numerical value represented in Arabic numerals as 10)

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • zehn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zehn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • zehn” in Duden online
  • zehn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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    Cardinal: zehn
    Ordinal: zehnt

Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun.[1]

Cognate with German zehn and Luxembourgish zéng.

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Numeral

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zehn

  1. ten
    Mein Dochter is zehn Joher alt.
    My daughter is ten years old.

References

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  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zehn”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 180

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ذِهْن (ḏihn). Compare Uyghur زېھىن (zëhin).

Noun

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zehn (plural zehnlar)

  1. intelligence, intellect
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