nineteen
n.n. the number that comes after eighteen and before twenty. It is written as the number 19.
n. the cardinal number equivalent to the sum of eighteen and one. It is the final number in the English 'teen' sequence.
There are nineteen students in the classroom.
The bus route nineteen stops right in front of the main library every twenty minutes.
The survey results indicate that nineteen percent of the local population remains undecided about the proposed changes to the public transport system.
From 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
As a cardinal number, it functions as a determiner before a noun or as a pronoun when the noun is understood.
ninethteennineteenLearners sometimes incorrectly add a 'th' inside the word by confusing it with the ordinal 'nineteenth'.