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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
