Zwilling

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) twin (male or female; the feminine form Zwillingin is rare)
2. (in-compounds,masculine,strong) twin (used as a component in numerous compound words such as Zwillingstürme (“Twin Towers”), with (one or more) or without hyphens depending on the word's length and the taste of the writer)

Concepts

twin

twins

brothers

quadruplets

siblings

sibs

sisters

triplets

Gemini

cuff link

twyndyllyng

Hyphenated as

Zwil‧ling

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡svɪlɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle High German zwillinc, zwinelinc, from Old High German zwiniling from an original *twiniling, from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, from *twinaz + *-lingaz.
Compare Dutch tweeling, English twinling, Danish tvilling. More at twin.