þrettán

Icelandic
Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  12 13 14  → 
    Cardinal: þrettán
    Ordinal: þrettándi

Etymology

From Old Norse þrettán, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɛhtauːn/

Numeral

þrettán

  1. thirteen; the cardinal number after tólf and before fjórtán.
    Það eru þrettán jólasveinar í íslenskum þjóðsögum.
    There are thirteen Yule Lads in the Icelandic legends.

Old Norse
Old Norse numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  12 13 14  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: þrettán
    Ordinal: þrettándi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þritehun. Compare Old Saxon thriutein, Old Frisian thretīne, Old English þreotīene, Old High German drīzehan.

Numeral

þrettán

  1. (cardinal number) thirteen

Descendants
  • Icelandic: þrettán
  • Faroese: trettan
  • Norn: trettin
  • Norwegian: tretten (Bokmål), tretten (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: tretton
  • Danish: tretten
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