twelfte

• tuelfte, twelfeþe, twelfthe, twelfþe, twelthe, twelþe
• twelveþ (Essex); twefte, twelte, tweofte, tweolfte, tweolþe, twolfþe, twolthe (Southern, West Midland)
• twelt, tweluft (North Riding); tuelfd, tuelfed, tuelft, twelft (West Riding)

Inherited from Old English twelfta, from Proto-West Germanic *twaliftō, from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô.

Equivalent to twelf (“twelve”) +‎ -the (ordinal suffix), which some forms are remodelled on; this remodelling is more common than in fifte and sixte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɛlft(ə)/, /ˈtwɛl(f)θ(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtwœ(l)ft(ə)/, /ˈtwœl(f)θ(ə)/, /ˈtwɔl-/ (Southern, Southwestern)

twelfte

1. twelfth

• English: twelfth
• Scots: twalt, twolt

• “twelfth, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

twelfte

1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole; a twelfth.

• English: twelfth
• Scots: twalt, twolt

• “twelfth, ord. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwelf.te/, [ˈtweɫf.te]

twelfte

1. inflection of twelfta:
   1. nominative feminine/neuter singular
   2. accusative neuter singular