The Number System of Danish

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The Number System of Danish

This page is based on Danish Grammar, Danish Grammmar in English, and "Kazu No Minzokushi" by Masao Uchibayashi, published by Yasaka Shobô.

The Number System of Danish is interesting because it contains fractions.

Number	Reading	Meaning
0	nul	0
1	en	1
2	to	2
3	tre	3
4	fire	4
5	fem	5
6	seks	6
7	syv	7
8	otte	8
9	ni	9
10	ti	10
11	elleve	11
12	tolv	12
13	tretten	13
14	fjorten	14
15	femten	15
16	seksten	16
17	sytten	17
18	atten	18
19	nitten	19
20	tyve	20
21	enogtyve	1 and 20
22	toogtyve	2 and 20
23	treogtyve	3 and 20
24	fireogtyve	4 and 20
25	femogtyve	5 and 20
26	seksogtyve	6 and 20
27	syvogtyve	7 and 20
28	otteogtyve	8 and 20
29	niogtyve	9 and 20
30	tredive	30
31	enogtredive	1 and 30
32	toogtredive	2 and 30
33	treogtredive	3 and 30
34	fireogtredive	4 and 30
35	femogtredive	5 and 30
36	seksogtredive	6 and 30
37	syvogtredive	7 and 30
38	otteogtredive	8 and 30
39	niogtredive	9 and 30
40	fyrre	40
41	enogfyrre	1 and 40
42	toogfyrre	2 and 40
43	treogfyrre	3 and 40
44	fireogfyrre	4 and 40
45	femogfyrre	5 and 40
46	seksogfyrre	6 and 40
47	syvogfyrre	7 and 40
48	otteogfyrre	8 and 40
49	niogfyrre	9 and 40
50	halvtreds^*	2½ times 20
51	enoghalvtreds^*	1 and (2½ times 20)
52	tooghalvtreds^*	2 and (2½ times 20)
53	treoghalvtreds^*	3 and (2½ times 20)
54	fireoghalvtreds^*	4 and (2½ times 20)
55	femoghalvtreds^*	5 and (2½ times 20)
56	seksoghalvtreds^*	6 and (2½ times 20)
57	syvoghalvtreds^*	7 and (2½ times 20)
58	otteoghalvtreds^*	8 and (2½ times 20)
59	nioghalvtreds^*	9 and (2½ times 20)
60	tres^*	3 times 20
61	enogtres^*	1 and (3 times 20)
62	toogtres^*	2 and (3 times 20)
63	treogtres^*	3 and (3 times 20)
64	fireogtres^*	4 and (3 times 20)
65	femogtres^*	5 and (3 times 20)
66	seksogtres^*	6 and (3 times 20)
67	syvogtres^*	7 and (3 times 20)
68	otteogtres^*	8 and (3 times 20)
69	niogtres^*	9 and (3 times 20)
70	halvfjerds^*	3½ times 20
71	enoghalvfjerds^*	1 and (3½ times 20)
72	tooghalvfjerds^*	2 and (3½ times 20)
73	treoghalvfjerds^*	3 and (3½ times 20)
74	fireoghalvfjerds^*	4 and (3½ times 20)
75	femoghalvfjerds^*	5 and (3½ times 20)
76	seksoghalvfjerds^*	6 and (3½ times 20)
77	syvoghalvfjerds^*	7 and (3½ times 20)
78	otteoghalvfjerds^*	8 and (3½ times 20)
79	nioghalvfjerds^*	9 and (3½ times 20)
80	firs^*	4 times 20
81	enogfirs^*	1 and (4 times 20)
82	toogfirs^*	2 and (4 times 20)
83	treogfirs^*	3 and (4 times 20)
84	fireogfirs^*	4 and (4 times 20)
85	femogfirs^*	5 and (4 times 20)
86	seksogfirs^*	6 and (4 times 20)
87	syvogfirs^*	7 and (4 times 20)
88	otteogfirs^*	8 and (4 times 20)
89	niogfirs^*	9 and (4 times 20)
90	halvfems^*	4½ times 20
91	enoghalvfems^*	1 and (4½ times 20)
92	tooghalvfems^*	2 and (4½ times 20)
93	treoghalvfems^*	3 and (4½ times 20)
94	fireoghalvfems^*	4 and (4½ times 20)
95	femoghalvfems^*	5 and (4½ times 20)
96	seksoghalvfems^*	6 and (4½ times 20)
97	syvoghalvfems^*	7 and (4½ times 20)
98	otteoghalvfems^*	8 and (4½ times 20)
99	nioghalvfems^*	9 and (4½ times 20)
100	hundrede	100

* These words are abbreviations. See the table below.

Number

Original

Abbreviation

Meaning

halvtredsindstyve

halvtreds

halv	tred	sinds	tyve
½	3rd	times	20

(3rd ½ = 2½)

tresindstyve

tres

tre	sinds	tyve
3	times	20

halvfjerdsindstyve

halvfjerds

halv	fjerd	sinds	tyve
½	4th	times	20

(4th ½ = 3½)

firsindstyve

firs

fir	sinds	tyve
4	times	20

halvfemsindstyve

halvfems

halv	fem	sinds	tyve
½	5th	times	20

(5th ½ = 4½)

Note:
1st ½ = ½
2nd ½ = 1½
3rd ½ = 2½
and so on.

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