tvilling

From Old Danish twinling, from or related to Old Norse tvinnr, from Proto-Germanic *twinaz.

• Rhymes: -eŋ

tvilling c (singular definite tvillingen, plural indefinite tvillinger)

1. twin

• Tvillingerne

• “tvilling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Danish and Swedish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.

tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillinger, definite plural tvillingene)

1. a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)
2. Gemini (someone born under that star sign)

• Tvillingene (constellation and star sign)

• “tvilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Related to Old Norse tvinnr, tvennr and Nynorsk tvinn and tvenn. Possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz.

tvilling m (definite singular tvillingen, indefinite plural tvillingar, definite plural tvillingane)

1. a twin (as above)
2. Gemini (someone born under that star sign)

• Tvillingane (constellation and star sign)

• “tvilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish tvinlinger, possibly from an Old Norse root *tvinlingr, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz. Compare Norwegian and Danish tvilling, English twinling, Dutch tweeling, German Zwilling.

tvilling c

1. twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects)

   Hyponyms: enäggstvilling, tvåäggstvilling

2. Gemini (star sign)

• tvilling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tvilling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tvilling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tvilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)