-teen
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-teen
- /tiːn/
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
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
- Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.
Translations
Every language
suffix to form numbers 13 - 19
| Español | -ce, dieci- |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 열... yeol... |
| 日本語 | 十... jū... |
| 中文 | 十... shí... |
| Português | -ze, deze- (16, 17, 19), dez- |
| Français | -ze, dix- |
| Deutsch | -zehn |
| Italiano | -dici, dici- |
| Ελληνικά | δεκα- deka- |
| Română | -sprezece |
| Русский | -надцать -nadcatʹ |
| العربية | ... عَشَرَ ... ʕašara |
| עברית | ... עשר ... 'asár, ... עשרה ... 'esré |
Talk about this word "-teen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-teen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -teen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-teen "-teen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-teen.Cite this
@misc{teen_2026,
title = {-teen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-teen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
