-teen

See also: teen and teen-

English

Etymology

From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”).

Suffix

-teen

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

English terms suffixed with -teen

Translations

to form numbers 13 - 19

Afrikaans: -tien
Albanian: -mbëdhjetë (11 to 19)
Arabic: ... عَشَرَ (... ʕašara) (11 to 19)
Armenian: տասն- (hy) (tasn-) (11 to 19)
Bavarian: -zea
Belarusian: -наццаць (-naccacʹ) (11 to 19)
Bulgarian: -надесет (-nadeset) (11 to 19)
Catalan: -ze (11 to 16), di- (ca) (17 to 19)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十... (zh) (shí...) (11 to 19)
Czech: -náct (11 to 19)
Danish: -ten (13 to 19)
Dutch: -tien
Esperanto: dek ... (eo) (11 to 19)
Estonian: -teist (11 to 19)
Faroese: -tan (13 to 16), -tjan (17 to 19)
Finnish: -toista (11 to 19)
French: -ze (11 to 16), dix- (17 to 19)
Frisian:
North Frisian: -täin

West Frisian: -tjin
Georgian: თ...მეტი (t...meṭi) (11 to 19)
German: -zehn (de)
Gothic: -𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (-taihun)
Greek: δεκα- (deka-)
Hawaiian: ʻumikūmā- (11 to 19)
Hebrew: ... עשר (he) m (... 'asár) (11 to 19), ... עשרה (he) f (... 'esré) (11 to 19)
Hungarian: tizen- (hu) (11 to 19)
Icelandic: -tán (13 to 16), -tján (17 to 19)
Indonesian: ... belas (id) (11 to 19)
Irish: ... déag (after consonant), ... dhéag (after vowel) (11 to 19)
Old Irish: deäc (11 to 19)
Italian: -dici (11 to 16), dici- (17 to 19)
Japanese: 十... (ja) (じゅう..., jū...) (11 to 19)
Korean: 열... (ko) (yeol...) (11 to 19)
Latin: (indeclinable) -decim (used for 11 to 17, and occasionally up to 19)
Latvian: -padsmit (11 to 19)
Lithuanian: -lika (11 to 19)
Macedonian: -наесет (-naeset) (11 to 19)
Malay:
Jawi: ... بلس (ms) (11 to 19)

Rumi: ... belas (ms) (11 to 19)
Manx: jeig
Navajo: -tsʼáadah
Northern Sami: -nuppelohkái
Norwegian:
Bokmål: -ten

Nynorsk: -ten
Polish: -naście (pl) (11 to 19)
Portuguese: -ze (11 to 15), deze- (16, 17, 19), dez- (18)
Romanian: -sprezece (11 to 19)
Russian: -надцать (ru) (-nadcatʹ) (11 to 19)
Scottish Gaelic: deug ... (11, 13 to 19), dheug ... (12)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: -наест (11 to 19)

Roman: -naest (11 to 19)
Slovak: -násť (11 to 19)
Slovene: -najst (11 to 19)
Spanish: -ce (es) (11 to 15), dieci- (16 to 19)
Swedish: -ton
Tagalog: labing- (11 to 19)
Tamil: பதின்- (patiṉ-) (11, 13-18), பத்து- (pattu-) (19)
Turkish: on ... (tr) (11 to 19)
Ukrainian: -надцять (-nadcjatʹ) (11 to 19)
Welsh: un deg... (11 to 19, decimal system)

Anagrams

-tene, EENT, NEET, neet

Middle English

Suffix

-teen

alternative form of -tene