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noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
adjective being one more than eighteen
originFrom Middle English nyntene, nynetene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten. Equivalent to nine + -teen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0