"tvilling" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: tvillingen [definite, singular], tvillinger [indefinite, plural], tvillingene [definite, plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{cog|non|tvinnr}} Old Norse tvinnr, {{der|nb|non|-}} Old Norse, {{der|nb|gem-pro|*twinilingaz}} Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, {{cog|en|twinling}} English twinling, {{cog|nl|tweeling}} Dutch tweeling, {{cog|de|Zwilling}} German Zwilling
  1. a twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus at the same time, or of two similar or closely related objects) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tvilling-nb-noun-vYoYUxCf
  2. Gemini (someone born under that star sign) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tvilling-nb-noun-VporLi3R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Tvillingene (english: constellation and star sign)

Inflected forms

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        "1": "non",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "tweeling"
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      "expansion": "Dutch tweeling",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zwilling"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zwilling",
      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "tvillingen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tvillinger",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tvillingene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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        "Gemini (someone born under that star sign)"
      ],
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      ]
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    "Pages with entries"
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tweeling",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Zwilling",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tvillinger",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tvillingene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "english": "constellation and star sign",
      "word": "Tvillingene"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "twin"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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