No. 3,795 in Dutch
twaalfde
Twelfth.
In a sentence
Ik kwam als twaalfde aan in de rij.
I arrived twelfth in line.
Here, 'twaalfde' is used as an ordinal number to indicate position in a sequence.
De twaalfde maand van het jaar is december.
The twelfth month of the year is December.
In this sentence, 'twaalfde' is again an ordinal number, specifying order in a fixed series, specifically the calendar months.
Dit is de twaalfde keer dat we elkaar ontmoeten.
This is the twelfth time we meet.
Here, 'twaalfde' conveys the sequence in counting occurrences of an event.
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