Numbers Flashcards
to
[tew]
two
tre
[tʁay]
three
fire
[fea{r}]
four
en / et
[in / it]
one (number) / a / an
fem
[fem]
five
nogle
[noon]
some / any
flere
[flee{r}]
more (countable amount) / several
TRUE OR FALSE
In Danish, the number system is from a time where people loved to count in sets of FIFTY
FALSE
the number system is from a time where people loved to count in TWENTY
seks
[seks OR sex]
six
syv
[sue]
seven
ti
[tee]
ten
otte
[owe-deh]
eight
ni
[nee]
nine
mindre
[min-dʁuh]
less / smaller
mange
[mon{g}-eh OR mahn{g}-eh]
many / a lot / a lot of
sidste
[cease-deh]
last
første
[fuhst-eh]
first
nummer (-et, numre, numrene)
[no-mah]
number
million (-en, -er, -erne)
[meal-yown]
million
tredje
[tʁeð-yuh OR tʁel-yuh]
third
mængde (-n, -r, -rne)
[ming-duh]
amount /crowd
tal (-let, -, -lene)
[tel]
number
elleve
[el-vuh]
eleven
tolv
[tahl]
twelve
tretten
[tʁah-n]
thirteen
fjorten
[fyo{r}t-n]
fourteen
femten
[fem{t}-n]
fifteen
seksten
[sighs-{d}en] ({d} is silent)
sixteen
sytten
[sued-n]
seventeen
atten
[at-n]
eighteen
nitten
[knit-n]
nineteen
tyve
[tew]
twenty
tredive
[tʁal-vuh]
thirty
fyrre
[fu{r}]
forty
halvtreds
[hel-tʁess]
fifty
tres
[tʁess]
sixty
begge
[behg-eh]
both
halvfjerds
[hal-fee-yas]
seventy
firs
[fie{r}ce]
eighty
halvfems
[hal-fims]
ninety
hundred
[hoon-uh]
hundred
nok
[nok OR knock]
enough (amount)
tusind
[too-zin]
thousand
sum (-men, -mer, -merne)
[sum]
sum / amount
gang (-en, -e, -ene)
[gang] (gang is said quickly)
time (like: i laughed 3 times)
klokken
[klawk-n]
the time / the bell / o’clock / at
en gang
[in gang] (gang is said quickly)
once / one time
fjerde
[fyay-uh]
fourth
meter (-en, -, -ne)
[me-duh]
meter
gennemsnit (-tet, -, -tene)
[gennim-sneat] (g does not make a j sound; gennim rhymes with denim)
average
flertal (-let, -, -lene)
[flee-uh-tell]
majority
halvdel (-en, -e, -ene)
[hal-deal]
half
per
[pee{r}]
per
antal (-let, -, -lene)
[ann-tell]
number / number of
total (-t, -e)
[toe-tail]
total
TRUE OR FALSE
In Danish, they use ‘mere’ for amounts and ‘flere’ for counts.
TRUE
‘Vi har MERE mad end jer’ meaning ‘we have more food than you.’
‘Vi har FLERE biler end jer’ meaning ‘we have more cars than you.’
TRUE OR FALSE
In Danish, they use ‘mest’ (the most) for superlative amounts and ‘flest’ (the most) for superlative counts.
TRUE
‘Vi har MEST vand’ meaning ‘we have the most water.’
‘Vi har FLEST børn’ meaning ‘we have the most kids.’
TRUE OR FALSE
Danish numbers are treated like one word, where in English they are hyphenated.
TRUE
‘fireogtredive’ means ‘four-and-thirty’ or ‘thirty-four’ (34)
TRUE OR FALSE
In Danish, for numbers above 20, they invert number-order for number names. For example, ‘Thirty-four’ becomes ‘fireogtredive’ which means ‘four-and-thirty.’
TRUE
gård (-en, -e, -ene)
[go]
farm / ranch / farm building / courtyard
regner
[ʁhine-uh]
calculating / raining
