# Dutch/Vocabulary/The numbers

Counting is often the first thing one wants to learn when visiting another country.

## 0 to 10

| 0 | noicon nul | 1 | noicon één, een | 2 | noicon twee | 3 | noicon drie | 4 | noicon vier | 5 | noicon vijf | 6 | noicon zes | 7 | noicon zeven | 8 | noicon acht | 9 | noicon negen | 10 | noicon 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

| 11 | noicon elf | 12 | noicon twaalf | 13 | noicon dertien | 14 | noicon veertien | 15 | noicon vijftien | 16 | noicon zestien | 17 | noicon zeventien | 18 | noicon achttien | 19 | noicon 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