Numbers & quantities in Norwegian

Numbers in Norwegian are regular once you know the pattern: tjueen, tjueto, tretti… Since 1951 the tens come first, though older people may still say “enogtjue”. Prices, phone numbers, ages and street addresses all use them, and Norwegians write a space between thousands and a comma for decimals: 12 500,50 kr.

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22 words

null zero
Det er null grader ute. It is zero degrees outside.
en one
Jeg har en bror. I have one brother.
to two
To kaffe, takk. Two coffees, please.
tre three
Vi har tre barn. We have three children.
fire four
Bordet er for fire personer. The table is for four people.
fem five
Det tar fem minutter. It takes five minutes.
seks six
Klokka er seks. It is six o’clock.
sju seven
Uka har sju dager. The week has seven days.
åtte eight
Jeg jobber åtte timer. I work eight hours.
ni nine
Butikken åpner klokka ni. The shop opens at nine.
ti ten
Ti egg koster førti kroner. Ten eggs cost forty kroner.
tolv twelve
Vi spiser lunsj klokka tolv. We have lunch at twelve.
tjue twenty
Hun er tjue år gammel. She is twenty years old.
tretti thirty
Det koster tretti kroner. It costs thirty kroner.
hundre hundred
Jeg har en hundrelapp. I have a hundred-krone note.
tusen thousand
Husleia er ti tusen kroner. The rent is ten thousand kroner.
en million million
millionen, millioner, millionene
Byen har en million innbyggere. The city has a million inhabitants.
et tall number
tallet, tall, tallene
Skriv tallet med bokstaver. Write the number in words.
halv half
halvt, halve
Jeg venter en halv time. I wait half an hour.
første first
første, første
Dette er første gang. This is the first time.
å telle to count
teller, telte, har telt
Barnet kan telle til hundre. The child can count to a hundred.
mange many
mange, fler, flest
Det var mange folk der. There were many people there.

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