11

elf

Sentences
An user
Elf
11
  jaren   hebben   ze   in   dat   huis
🏠
  gewoond .

They lived in that house for eleven years.

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An user
Drieënvijftig
53
  min   elf
11
  is   tweeënveertig
42
.

Fifty-three minus eleven is forty-two.

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Meaning

Concepts

eleven
elf
🧝
sprite
fairy
🧚
hobgoblin
goblin
imp
👿
kobold
spirit
Synonyms

luchtgeest

fee
C1
🧚
geest
A2
👻

aardmannetje

kobold
43k
alf
C1
kabouter
C2
🅰️
Translations

onze
11
elf
11
once
11
onze
11
elfo
🧝
undici
11
elfe
🧝
Elf
elfo
🧝
elfo
🧝
lutin
👿
onze
11
Elfe

έντεκα

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛl(ə)f/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
ellef
Inherited from Old Dutch
*ellef
Cognate with German
German
elf
Cognate with Western Frisian
Western Frisian
alve
Cognate with English
English
eleven
Cognate with Danish
elleve
Borrowed from German
German
Elf
In summary

From Middle Dutch ellef, elf, from Old Dutch *ellef, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare German elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.

Related words
zes
6
tien
10
vijf
5
negen
9
vier
4
drie
3
zeven
7

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