Noun: tjuga
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | tjuga |
| Sg. Def. | tjugan |
| Pl. Indef. | tjugor |
| Pl. Def. | tjugorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | tjugas |
| Sg. Def. | tjugans |
| Pl. Indef. | tjugors |
| Pl. Def. | tjugornas |
Sample Sentences
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a twentieth place holder
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most commonly referring to the Swedish twenty kronor (SEK) banknote
Nouns inflected like tjuga
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish tiugha, tiuva, from Old Norse tjúga, from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (verb). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tjuge, Danish høtyv. See: Old Norse Nouns '
tjúga', Danish Nouns '
høtyv'.
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