twenty

twenty
1. adjective
zwanzig; see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
2. noun
Zwanzig, die; see also eight 2. 1); eighty 2.
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['twenti] 1. noun
1) (the number or figure 20.) die Zwanzig
2) (the age of 20.) die Zwanzig
2. adjective
1) (20 in number.) zwanzig
2) (aged 20.) zwanzig
- twenties
- twentieth
- twenty- - twenty-year-old
3. adjective
((of a person or thing) twenty years old) zwanzigjährig
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twen·ty
[ˈtwenti, AM -t̬i-]
I. adj inv zwanzig; see also eighty I.
II. n
1. (number) Zwanzig f, Zwanziger m SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR; see also eighty II. 1
2. (age)
to be in one's twenties in den Zwanzigern sein
on one's \twenty-first an seinem/ihrem einundzwanzigsten Geburtstag; see also eighty II. 2
3. (decade)
the twenties pl die Zwanzigerjahre pl, die Zwanziger pl; see also eighty II. 3
4. (fam: speed: 20 mph) ca. dreißig km/h; see also eighty II. 5
the \twenty die Zwanzig, der Zwanziger
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['twentɪ]
1. adj
zwanzig
2. n
Zwanzig f; (= banknote) Zwanziger m → also sixty
See:
→ also sixty
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twenty [ˈtwentı]
A adj zwanzig:
twenty-one
a) einundzwanzig,
b) (s) bes US Siebzehnundvier n (ein Kartenspiel);
twenty-twenty (oder 20/20) vision 100-prozentige Sehschärfe
B s Zwanzig f:
he is in his twenties er ist in den Zwanzigern, er ist ein Twen;
in the twenties in den Zwanzigerjahren (eines Jahrhunderts)
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1. adjective
zwanzig; see also eight 1.
2. noun
Zwanzig, die; see also eight 2. 1); eighty 2.
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adj.
zwanzig adj.

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