See Großeltern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Vollständiger Unterricht über die gemeinen Rechte nebst beygefügten Tabellen von Johann Conrad Sigismund Topp. Mit neuen Zusätzen und Verbesserungen herausgegeben von Johann Heinrich Kratzenstein, 3rd edition, 1781, p. 224 (the text has feminine zwo and neuter zwey besides masculine zween)",
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