elf
Meaning
eleven
Concepts
eleven
Hodgson’s hawk-cuckoo
elf
fairy
eleventh
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛlf/
Etymology
From Middle High German eilf, eilef, einlif, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Until the 19th century usually written eilf; the monophthongal form is of Central and Low German origin (Middle Low German elf). Compare Dutch elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.
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