Dutch/Vocabulary/The numbers

Counting is often the first thing one wants to learn when visiting another country. 0 to 10 0nul nul1één één, een2twee twee3drie drie 4vier vier5vijf vijf6zes zes7zeven zeven 8acht acht9negen negen10tien 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 only allowed in Dutch if otherwise confusion might arise. Thus the marks are not always written. Zeven is sometimes pronounced as "zeuven" [zøvə(n)] to distinguish it better from "negen". 11 to 20 11elf elf12twaalf twaalf13dertien dertien14veertien veertien15vijftien vijftien16zestien zestien17zeventien zeventien18achttien achttien19negentien negentien As in English the first two are irregular; they betray an ancient suffix -lif as in English. The rest has -tien as a suffix with a few irregularities 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]. 21, 22 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 100, 200 In contrast to English, Dutch just uses "hundred", not "one hundred" 100. honderd 101. honderdéén 200. tweehonderd 201. tweehonderdéén 300. driehonderd 400. vierhonderd 500. vijfhonderd 600. zeshonderd 700. zevenhonderd 800. achthonderd 900. negenhonderd 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 1012 duizend twaalf 1524 duizend vijfhonderdvierentwintig or vijftienhonderdvierentwintig 2000. tweeduizend 5000. vijfduizend 10.000. tienduizend 15.324 vijftienduizend driehondervierentwintig 20.000. twintigduizend 50.000. vijftigduizend 100.000. honderdduizend For years the 'honderd' is often dropped, similar to English: In 1355: in dertien vijfenvijftig. All numerals up to 1000 are written as one word. After -duizend there is always a space. 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 The words miljoen, miljard etc. are always written as separate words with spaces on both sides. Fractions The ordinals are used to express fractions (as in English) een derde - a third Exceptions are: een half - 1/2 anderhalf - 1 1/2 een kwart - 1/4 Numerators and denominators are written as separate words: twee derde - 2/3 drie duizenste - 3/1000 But in compounds the general rule of compounding prevails: een tweederdemeerderheid - a two thirds majority Decimals Remember that Dutch uses a decimal comma rather than a decimal point. 6,7%: zes komma zeven procent. Self-test Dutch/Vocabulary/The numbers/Hover test