Counting in Danish
To count up to twenty is easy in Danish. After twenty you read the numbers 'backwards', so instead of saying twenty one you say: one-and-twenty.
Instead of saying fifty six you say: six-and-fifty.
Listen to the sound file (MP3 1.17MB) and look at the numbers below. Like all most other words in Danish
the spelling of the numbers bears little resemblance to the pronunciation.
Then try this exercise >>
1 |
EN |
2 |
TO |
3 |
TRE |
4 |
FIRE |
5 |
FEM |
6 |
SEKS |
7 |
SYV |
8 |
OTTE |
9 |
NI |
10 |
TI |
11 |
ELLEVE |
12 |
TOLV |
13 |
TRETTEN |
14 |
FJORTEN |
15 |
FEMTEN |
16 |
SEKSTEN |
17 |
SYTTEN |
18 |
ATTEN |
19 |
NITTEN |
20 |
TYVE |
21 |
ENOGTYVE |
22 |
TOOGTYVE |
23 |
TREOGTYVE |
24 |
FIREOGTYVE |
25 |
FEMOGTYVE |
30 |
TREDIVE |
40 |
FYRRE |
50 |
HALVTREDS |
60 |
TRES |
70 |
HALVFJERDS |
80 |
FIRS |
90 |
HALVFEMS |
100 |
HUNDREDE |
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