English-Danish translations for twelfth

• tolvte
  Europa-Parlamentet har allerede med alle stemmer på nær én stemt imod den tolvte mødeperiode i Strasbourg, hvilket er traktatstridigt. We have already voted, within one vote, against the twelfth sitting in Strasbourg, which is contrary to the Treaty.
  Belgiernes effektivitet under forhandlinger fortjener bifald, men det var trods alt Belgiens tolvte formandskab. The Belgians' effectiveness in negotiations should be congratulated, but this was, after all, Belgium's twelfth Presidency.
  Hvis det tolvte system træder i kraft i januar, vil det faktisk ikke være muligt at foretage overførsler og de nødvendige betalinger. If the twelfths system enters into force from January, it will not, in fact, be possible to make the transfers and proceed with the necessary payments.

Definition of twelfth

• The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence
• One of twelve equal parts of a whole
• An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

Synonyms

• XII
• dozenth

Examples

• The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
• She finished twelfth in the race.
• A twelfth of 240 is 20.
• Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.

Related words

• twelfthly
• Twelfth Day
• twelfth grade
• twelfth part