Numbers 20 to 100
Notice that from number twenty and up the Danes say the numbes the other way around than in English. For example 21 becomes: en-og-tyve ([lit: one-and-twenty]). Have a close look at the numbers below.
Da | En | ||||
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21 | enogtyvetwentyone | num | |||
22 | toogtyvetwentytwo | num | |||
23 | treogtyvetwentythree | num | |||
24 | fireogtyvetwentyfour | num | |||
25 | femogtyvetwentyfive | num | |||
26 | seksogtyvetwentysix | num | |||
27 | syvogtyvetwentyseven | num | |||
28 | otteogtyvetwentyeight | num | |||
29 | niogtyvetwentynine | num | |||
30 | tredivethirty | num | |||
Counting further up you just continue the pattern above: Start with the ones (1-9) and then the tens (see below)! (except 10 obviously. See numbers 10 to 20)
Da | En | ||||
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10 | titen | num | |||
20 | tyvetwenty | num | |||
30 | tredivethirty | num | |||
40 | fyrrefourty | num | |||
50 | halvtredsfifty | num | |||
60 | tredssixty | num | |||
70 | halvfjerdsseventy | num | |||
80 | firseigthy | num | |||
90 | halvfemsninety | num | |||
100 | hundredeone hundred | num | |||