-teen

/tiːn/

suffix

Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.

OriginProto-West Germanic *tehun ← Proto-Germanic *tehun ← Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*tehun
  3. Proto-West Germanic*tehun
  4. English-teen

From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”).

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Translations

Afrikaans -tien
  • -tiento form numbers 13 - 19
Arabic ... عَشَرَ
  • ... عَشَرَ (... ʕašara)to form numbers 13 - 19
Bulgarian -надесет
  • -надесет (-nadeset)to form numbers 13 - 19
Catalan -ze, di-
  • -zeto form numbers 13 - 19
  • di-to form numbers 13 - 19
Chinese Mandarin 十...
  • 十... (shí...)to form numbers 13 - 19
Czech -náct
  • -náctto form numbers 13 - 19
Danish -ten
  • -tento form numbers 13 - 19
Dutch -tien
  • -tiento form numbers 13 - 19
Esperanto dek ...
  • dek ...to form numbers 13 - 19
Estonian -teist
  • -teistto form numbers 13 - 19
Finnish -toista
  • -toistato form numbers 13 - 19
French -ze, dix-
  • -zeto form numbers 13 - 19
  • dix-to form numbers 13 - 19
German -zehn
  • -zehnto form numbers 13 - 19
Greek δεκα-
  • δεκα- (deka-)to form numbers 13 - 19
Hawaiian ʻumikūmā-
  • ʻumikūmā-to form numbers 13 - 19
Hebrew ... עשר, ... עשרה
  • ... עשר (... 'asár)to form numbers 13 - 19
  • ... עשרה (... 'esré)to form numbers 13 - 19
Hungarian tizen-
  • tizen-to form numbers 13 - 19
Icelandic -tán, -tján
  • -tánto form numbers 13 - 19
  • -tjánto form numbers 13 - 19
Indonesian ... belas
  • ... belasto form numbers 13 - 19
Irish ... déag, ... dhéag
  • ... déagto form numbers 13 - 19
  • ... dhéagto form numbers 13 - 19
Italian -dici, dici-
  • -dicito form numbers 13 - 19
  • dici-to form numbers 13 - 19
Japanese 十...
  • 十... (jū...)to form numbers 13 - 19
Korean 열...
  • 열... (yeol...)to form numbers 13 - 19
Latin -decim
  • -decimto form numbers 13 - 19
Latvian -padsmit
  • -padsmitto form numbers 13 - 19
Lithuanian -lika
  • -likato form numbers 13 - 19
Malay ... بلس, ... belas
  • ... بلسto form numbers 13 - 19
  • ... belasto form numbers 13 - 19
Norwegian Bokmål -ten
  • -tento form numbers 13 - 19
Polish -naście
  • -naścieto form numbers 13 - 19
Portuguese -ze, deze- (16, 17, 19)
  • -zeto form numbers 13 - 19
  • deze- (16, 17, 19)to form numbers 13 - 19
  • dez-to form numbers 13 - 19
Romanian -sprezece
  • -sprezeceto form numbers 13 - 19
Russian -надцать
  • -надцать (-nadcatʹ)to form numbers 13 - 19
Scottish Gaelic deug ..., dheug ...
  • deug ...to form numbers 13 - 19
  • dheug ...to form numbers 13 - 19
Slovak -násť
  • -násťto form numbers 13 - 19
Spanish -ce, dieci-
  • -ceto form numbers 13 - 19
  • dieci-to form numbers 13 - 19
Swedish -ton
  • -tonto form numbers 13 - 19
Tagalog labing-
  • labing-to form numbers 13 - 19
Tamil பதின்-, பத்து-
  • பதின்- (patiṉ-)to form numbers 13 - 19
  • பத்து- (pattu-)to form numbers 13 - 19
Turkish on ...
  • on ...to form numbers 13 - 19
Ukrainian -надцять
  • -надцять (-nadcjatʹ)to form numbers 13 - 19
Welsh un deg...
  • un deg...to form numbers 13 - 19

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -teen

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Cite this entry
APA

-teen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-teen

MLA

“-teen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-teen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-teen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-teen.

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