zwanzig
num · /ˈtsvantsɪç/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German zweinzec, from Old High German zweinzug, from Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with Dutch twintig, West Frisian tweintich, English twenty, Danish tyve. The form zwanzig goes back to dialects that had early on lowered Middle High German -ei- to [aɪ̯] (especially Bavarian); elsewhere the contraction yielded zwenzig, which waned around 1700 along with the uncontracted zweinzig.
Translation
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twenty
cardinal, numeral
Wir Japaner werden mit zwanzig Jahren volljährig.
We Japanese come of age at twenty.
Die Busse fahren in Abständen von zwanzig Minuten.
Buses are running at 20 minute intervals.
Egal, welche Straße du nimmst, die Fahrt in die Stadt wird nicht länger als zwanzig Minuten dauern.
No matter which road you follow, the drive to town won't take you more than twenty minutes.