nítján

See also: nítjan

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  18 19 20  → 
    Cardinal: nítján
    Ordinal: nítjándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 19.
    Fractional: nítjándi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Numeral

nítján (indeclinable)

  1. nineteen

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  18 19 20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
    Cardinal: nítján
    Ordinal: nítjándi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Compare Old English nigontīene, West Frisian niguntīne, Old High German niunzehan.

Numeral

nítján

  1. (cardinal number) nineteen

Descendants

  • Icelandic: nítján
  • Faroese: nítjan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nitten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nitten
  • Swedish: nitton
  • Danish: nitten

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nítján”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 314; also available at the Internet Archive
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