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1
Q

to

[tew]

A

two

2
Q

tre

[tʁay]

A

three

3
Q

fire

[fea{r}]

A

four

4
Q

en / et

[in / it]

A

one (number) / a / an

5
Q

fem

[fem]

A

five

6
Q

nogle

[noon]

A

some / any

7
Q

flere

[flee{r}]

A

more (countable amount) / several

8
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

In Danish, the number system is from a time where people loved to count in sets of FIFTY

A

FALSE

the number system is from a time where people loved to count in TWENTY

9
Q

seks

[seks OR sex]

A

six

10
Q

syv

[sue]

A

seven

11
Q

ti

[tee]

A

ten

12
Q

otte

[owe-deh]

A

eight

13
Q

ni

[nee]

A

nine

14
Q

mindre

[min-dʁuh]

A

less / smaller

15
Q

mange

[mon{g}-eh OR mahn{g}-eh]

A

many / a lot / a lot of

16
Q

sidste

[cease-deh]

A

last

17
Q

første

[fuhst-eh]

A

first

18
Q

nummer (-et, numre, numrene)

[no-mah]

A

number

19
Q

million (-en, -er, -erne)

[meal-yown]

A

million

20
Q

tredje

[tʁeð-yuh OR tʁel-yuh]

A

third

21
Q

mængde (-n, -r, -rne)

[ming-duh]

A

amount /crowd

22
Q

tal (-let, -, -lene)

[tel]

A

number

23
Q

elleve

[el-vuh]

A

eleven

24
Q

tolv

[tahl]

A

twelve

25
Q

tretten

[tʁah-n]

A

thirteen

26
Q

fjorten

[fyo{r}t-n]

A

fourteen

27
Q

femten

[fem{t}-n]

A

fifteen

28
Q

seksten

[sighs-{d}en] ({d} is silent)

A

sixteen

29
Q

sytten

[sued-n]

A

seventeen

30
Q

atten

[at-n]

A

eighteen

31
Q

nitten

[knit-n]

A

nineteen

32
Q

tyve

[tew]

A

twenty

33
Q

tredive

[tʁal-vuh]

A

thirty

34
Q

fyrre

[fu{r}]

A

forty

35
Q

halvtreds

[hel-tʁess]

A

fifty

36
Q

tres

[tʁess]

A

sixty

37
Q

begge

[behg-eh]

A

both

38
Q

halvfjerds

[hal-fee-yas]

A

seventy

39
Q

firs

[fie{r}ce]

A

eighty

40
Q

halvfems

[hal-fims]

A

ninety

41
Q

hundred

[hoon-uh]

A

hundred

42
Q

nok

[nok OR knock]

A

enough (amount)

43
Q

tusind

[too-zin]

A

thousand

44
Q

sum (-men, -mer, -merne)

[sum]

A

sum / amount

45
Q

gang (-en, -e, -ene)

[gang] (gang is said quickly)

A

time (like: i laughed 3 times)

46
Q

klokken

[klawk-n]

A

the time / the bell / o’clock / at

47
Q

en gang

[in gang] (gang is said quickly)

A

once / one time

48
Q

fjerde

[fyay-uh]

A

fourth

49
Q

meter (-en, -, -ne)

[me-duh]

A

meter

50
Q

gennemsnit (-tet, -, -tene)

[gennim-sneat] (g does not make a j sound; gennim rhymes with denim)

A

average

51
Q

flertal (-let, -, -lene)

[flee-uh-tell]

A

majority

52
Q

halvdel (-en, -e, -ene)

[hal-deal]

A

half

53
Q

per

[pee{r}]

A

per

54
Q

antal (-let, -, -lene)

[ann-tell]

A

number / number of

55
Q

total (-t, -e)

[toe-tail]

A

total

56
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

In Danish, they use ‘mere’ for amounts and ‘flere’ for counts.

A

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.’

57
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

In Danish, they use ‘mest’ (the most) for superlative amounts and ‘flest’ (the most) for superlative counts.

A

TRUE
‘Vi har MEST vand’ meaning ‘we have the most water.’
‘Vi har FLEST børn’ meaning ‘we have the most kids.’

58
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

Danish numbers are treated like one word, where in English they are hyphenated.

A

TRUE

‘fireogtredive’ means ‘four-and-thirty’ or ‘thirty-four’ (34)

59
Q

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.’

A

TRUE

60
Q

gård (-en, -e, -ene)

[go]

A

farm / ranch / farm building / courtyard

61
Q

regner

[ʁhine-uh]

A

calculating / raining