zwölfin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 十二じゅうに jūni —
English twelve /twelv/ —
French douze /duz/ —
Italian dodici /ˈdoː.di.tʃi/ —
Spanish doce /ˈdo.θe/ —
Korean 십이Hanja 十二 sibi —
Chinese 十二Same in traditional shí'èr —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • Spanish (doce)IPA shows Castilian Spanish; in Latin America [θ] (like English “th”) is pronounced [s].
  • Korean (십이)For counting things and for age, the native Korean number 열둘 is used.