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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