Swedish number· top 2,000 most common
tolv
twelve/tɔlv/
Meaning
twelve
In Swedish: 12
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What does tolv mean in English?
tolv means “twelve”.
Origin
From Old Swedish tolf, from Old Norse tolf, Runic Swedish ᛐᚢᛆᛚᚠ (tualf), from Proto-Germanic *twalif.
Nearby common words
tolv is number 1,357 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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