thirteen

Meanings

1. 1
   num

   The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

   There are thirteen cards of each of the four suits in a deck of playing cards.

2. 2
   adj

   being one more than twelve

3. 3
   noun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

Etymology

From Middle English thirttene, variant (through metathesis) of thrittene, from Old English þrēotīene, from Proto-Germanic *þritehun, compound of *þrīz (“three”) + *tehun (“teen”). Cognate with West Frisian trettjin, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn, Danish tretten. Equivalent to three + -teen.