Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*newuntehun
- Old Englishniġontīene
- Middle Englishnyntene
- Englishnineteen
From Middle English nyntene, nynetene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten. Equivalent to nine + -teen
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans negentien, neëntien
- negentiencardinal number
- neëntiencardinal number
Ancient Greek ἐννεακαίδεκα, ιθ΄
- ἐννεακαίδεκα (enneakaídeka)cardinal number
- ιθ΄cardinal number
Arabic تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
- تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ (tisʕata ʕašara)cardinal number
Basque hemeretzi
- hemeretzicardinal number
Bengali উনিশ
- উনিশ (uniś)cardinal number
Brazilian Portuguese dezenove
- dezenovecardinal number
Bulgarian деветна́десет, деветна́йсет
- деветна́десет (devetnádeset)cardinal number
- деветна́йсет (devetnájset)cardinal number
Catalan dinou
- dinoucardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 十九
- 十九 (sap⁶ gau²)cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 十九
- 十九 (shíjiǔ)cardinal number
Czech devatenáct
- devatenáctcardinal number
Danish nitten
- nittencardinal number
Dutch negentien
- negentiencardinal number
Esperanto dek naŭ
- dek naŭcardinal number
Estonian üheksateist
- üheksateistcardinal number
European Portuguese dezanove
- dezanovecardinal number
Finnish yhdeksäntoista
- yhdeksäntoistacardinal number
French dix-neuf
- dix-neufcardinal number
German neunzehn
- neunzehncardinal number
Greek δεκαεννέα, δεκαεννιά
- δεκαεννέα (dekaennéa)cardinal number
- δεκαεννιά (dekaenniá)cardinal number
Hawaiian ʻumikūmāiwa
- ʻumikūmāiwacardinal number
Hebrew תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה, תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר
- תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה (t'sha esre)cardinal number
- תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר (tish'a asar)cardinal number
Hindi उन्नीस
- उन्नीस (unnīs)cardinal number
Hungarian tizenkilenc
- tizenkilenccardinal number
Icelandic nítján
- nítjáncardinal number
Indonesian sembilan belas
- sembilan belascardinal number
Irish naoi déag
- naoi déagcardinal number
Italian diciannove
- diciannovecardinal number
Japanese 十九
- 十九cardinal number
Korean 열아홉, 십구
- 열아홉 (yeorahop)cardinal number
- 십구 (sipgu)cardinal number
Latin ūndēvīgintī
- ūndēvīgintīcardinal number
Latvian deviņpadsmit
- deviņpadsmitcardinal number
Lithuanian devyniolika
- devyniolikacardinal number
Malay sembilan belas, sepuluh sembilan
- sembilan belascardinal number
- sepuluh sembilancardinal number
- satu puluh sembilancardinal number
Māori tekau mā iwa
- tekau mā iwacardinal number
Norwegian nitten
- nittencardinal number
Persian نوزده
- نوزده (nuzdah)cardinal number
Polish dziewiętnaście, dziewiętnaścioro
- dziewiętnaściecardinal number
- dziewiętnaściorocardinal number
Punjabi ਉੱਨੀ
- ਉੱਨੀ (unnī)cardinal number
Romanian nouăsprezece, nouășpe
- nouăsprezececardinal number
- nouășpecardinal number
Russian девятна́дцать
- девятна́дцать (devjatnádcatʹ)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic naoi-deug, naodh-deug
- naoi-deugcardinal number
- naodh-deugcardinal number
Slovak devätnásť
- devätnásťcardinal number
Spanish diecinueve
- diecinuevecardinal number
Swahili kumi na tisa
- kumi na tisacardinal number
Swedish nitton
- nittoncardinal number
Tagalog labinsiyam
- labinsiyamcardinal number
Thai สิบเก้า
- สิบเก้า (sìp-gâao)cardinal number
Turkish on dokuz
- on dokuzcardinal number
Ukrainian дев’ятна́дцять
- дев’ятна́дцять (devʺjatnádcjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu انیس
- انیس (unnīs)cardinal number
Vietnamese mười chín
- mười chíncardinal number
Welsh pedwar ar bymtheg, pedair ar bymtheg
- pedwar ar bymthegcardinal number
- pedair ar bymthegcardinal number
- un deg nawcardinal number
Yiddish נײַנצן
- נײַנצן (nayntsn)cardinal number
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nineteen
beenbetweengreenmagazinemeanseenscreenmachinecleangenescenedeanjeanroutineHalloweenbeancuisinevaccineEugeneChristineleanfifteengasolinekeen
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
nineteen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineteen
MLA
“nineteen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineteen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nineteen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nineteen.
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