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English
Etymology
en :inh enm:-tene 1
From en enm -tene, from en ang-ang -tēne (compare West Saxon ang -tīene), from an inflected form of en gmw-pro *tehun, from en gem-pro *tehun ten.
Pronunciation
tēn, en /tiːn/
en en-us-teen.ogg US
en iːn 1
Suffix
numeral-forming suffixes
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
en
Translations
to form numbers 13 - 19
Afrikaans: af -tien
Albanian: sq -mbëdhjetë 11 to 19
Arabic: ar عشر ... عَشَرَ 11 to 19
Armenian: hy տասն տասն- 11 to 19
Bavarian: bar -zea
Belarusian: be -наццаць 11 to 19
Bulgarian: bg -надесет 11 to 19
Catalan: ca -ze 11 to 16, ca di- 17 to 19
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 十 十... shí... 11 to 19
Czech: cs -náct 11 to 19
Danish: da -ten 13 to 19
Dutch: nl -tien
Esperanto: eo dek dek ... 11 to 19
Estonian: et -teist 11 to 19
Faroese: fo -tan 13 to 16, fo -tjan 17 to 19
Finnish: fi -toista 11 to 19
French: fr -ze 11 to 16, fr dix- 17 to 19
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr -täin
West Frisian: fy -tjin
Georgian: ka თ...მეტი 11 to 19
German: de zehn -zehn
Gothic: got 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 -𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽
Greek: el δεκα δεκα-
Hawaiian: haw ʻumikūmā- 11 to 19
Hebrew: he עשר m ... עשר ... 'asár 11 to 19, he עשרה f ... עשרה ... 'esré 11 to 19
Hungarian: hu tizen- 11 to 19
Icelandic: is -tán 13 to 16, is -tján 17 to 19
Indonesian: id belas ... belas 11 to 19
Irish: ga déag ... déag after consonant, ga déag ... dhéag after vowel 11 to 19
Old Irish: sga deäc 11 to 19
Italian: it -dici 11 to 16, it dici- 17 to 19
Japanese: ja 十 十... じゅう..., jū... 11 to 19
Korean: ko 열 열... 11 to 19
Latin: indeclinable la -decim used for 11 to 17, and occasionally up to 19
Latvian: lv -padsmit 11 to 19
Lithuanian: lt -lika 11 to 19
Macedonian: mk -наесет 11 to 19
Malay:
Jawi: ms بلس ... بلس 11 to 19
Rumi: ms belas ... belas 11 to 19
Manx: gv jeig
Navajo: nv -tsʼáadah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -ten
Nynorsk: nn -ten
Polish: pl -naście 11 to 19
Portuguese: -ze 11 to 15, deze- 16, 17, 19, dez- 18
Romanian: ro -sprezece 11 to 19
Russian: ru -надцать 11 to 19
Sami:
Northern Sami: se -nuppelohkái
Scottish Gaelic: gd deug deug ... 11, 13 to 19, gd dheug dheug ... 12
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh -наест 11 to 19
Latin: sh -naest 11 to 19
Slovak: sk -násť 11 to 19
Slovene: sl -najst 11 to 19
Spanish: es -ce 11 to 15, es dieci- 16 to 19
Swedish: sv -ton
Tagalog: tl labing- 11 to 19
Tamil: ta பதின்- 11, 13-18, ta பத்து- 19
Turkish: tr on on ... 11 to 19
Ukrainian: uk -надцять 11 to 19
Welsh: cy un deg un deg... 11 to 19, decimal system
Anagrams
en eent -tene EENT NEET neet
Middle English
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -tene