zwölf
German, number
zwölf is spelled Z-W-Ö-L-F (5 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwölf is a German number meaning “twelve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zwölf is a different word: “twelve, a dozen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn”.
What does zwölf mean in English?
number
- 1
twelve
noun
- 1
femininetwelve, a dozen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
number: 1. die Kardinalzahl zwischen elf und dreizehn
noun: 1. die natürliche Zahl zwischen Elf und Dreizehn 2. die oberste „Ziffer“ (Markierung) an einer Uhr (XII, 12 oder nur ein Strich)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zwölf
- zwölfe alternative
- zwölwe alternative
- Zwölfen plural
- 12 symbol
- XII symbol
- xii symbol
- Ⅻ symbol
- ⅻ symbol
- C symbol
- 1100 symbol
- die zwölf Dinge nominative definite
- zwölf Dinge nominative indefinite
- der zwölf Dinge genitive definite
- zwölfer Dinge genitive indefinite
- den zwölf Dingen dative definite
- zwölf Dingen dative indefinite
- meine zwölf Dinge nominative possessive pronoun
- zwölf meiner Dinge nominative possessive pronoun
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zwölf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwölf in German?
zwölf appears 42 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).