Dutch/The numbers
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[edit] 0 to 10
0. nul
- één
- twee
- drie
- vier
- vijf
- zes
- zeven
- acht
- negen
- tien
Notice that the cardinal 1 (one) is usually written using stress marks as één to distinguish it from the unstressed indefinite article een (English a or an). However stress marking is an optional thing in Dutch and the marks are not always written.
Zeven is sometimes pronounced as "zeuven" [zøvə(n)] to distinguish it better from "negen".
[edit] 11 to 20
As in English the first two are irregular; they betray an ancient suffix -lif as in English.
- 11. elf
- 12. twaalf
The rest has -tien as a suffix with a few irregularities
- 13. dertien
- 14. veertien
- 15. vijftien
- 16. zestien
- 17. zeventien
- 18. achttien
- 19. negentien
[edit] 20 to 100
The equivalent of -ty in English is -tig.
- 20. twintig
- 30. dertig
- 40. veertig
- 50. vijftig
- 60. zestig
- 70. zeventig
- 80. tachtig
- 90. negentig
The "z" of zestig and zeventig are usually pronounced as [s], not [z].
[edit] 21, 66 etc.
In contrast to English the units come first
- 21 eenentwintig ("oneandtwenty")
If the unit ends in a vowel and this collides with the vowel of "en" a diaeresis (trema) is used:
- 22 tweeëntwintig
[edit] 100, 200
In contrast to English, Dutch just uses "hundred", not "one hunderd"
- 100. honderd
- 101. honderd-en-één
- 200. tweehonderd
- 201. tweehonderd-en-één
- 300. driehonderd
- 400. vierhonderd
- 500. vijfhonderd
- 600. zeshonderd
- 700. zevenhonderd
- 800. achthonderd
- 900. negenhonderd
[edit] 1000 to 100,000
This basically goes the same. Notice that Dutch uses periods as separators for factors of one thousand rather than commas. This notation is the reverse of the English one. Dutch has a decimal comma, not a decimal point.
- 1000. duizend
- 1001. duizend-en-één
- 2000. tweeduizend
- 5000. vijfduizend
- 10.000. tienduizend
- 20.000. twintigduizend
- 50.000. vijftigduizend
- 100.000. honderdduizend
For years the 'honderd' is often dropped, similar to English:
- In 1355: in dertien vijfenvijftig.
[edit] Large numbers
- 1.000.000. één miljoen
- 1.500.000. één miljoen vijfhonderdduizend
- 2.000.000. twee miljoen
For larger numbers Dutch uses the long scale rather than the short scale, which is currently used in all English-speaking countries. There are two suffixes -joen and -jard that alternate.
- 1.000.000.000. miljard
- 1.000.000.000.000. biljoen
- 1.000.000.000.000.000. biljard
- 1.000.000.000.000.000.000. triljoen
- 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000. triljard
[edit] Decimals
Remember that Dutch uses a decimal comma rather than a decimal point.
- 6,7%: zes komma zeven procent.
