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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ni.

nine

2 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

num/ni/

  1. nine

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse níu (whence also Danish ni, Icelandic níu, Faroese níggju and Swedish nio) from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun); Old English niġon (English nine); Old Frisian nigun (West Frisian njoggen); Old High German niun (German neun).

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