düüsen

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The insular forms with [yː] are either borrowed from Middle Dutch dusent, duysent, or they are from Middle Low German dûsent blended with inherited Old Frisian thūsend. The mainland form with [uː] is definitely from Low German.

Pronunciation

Numeral

düüsen

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) thousand