Counting in Danish
Counting from one to ten in Danish is straightforward. You actually already know the word for "one" because it is exactly the same as the indefinite articles: en for common gender nouns and et for neuter nouns.
The rest of the numbers from two to ten do not change based on the noun's gender. You just place the number directly in front of the plural noun.
Numbers 2 to 5
Let's start with the numbers two through five: to (2), tre (3), fire (4), and fem (5).
| I have two cars, and you have a bicycle. | Jeg har to biler, og du har en cykel. |
| The boy eats three apples. | Drengen spiser tre æbler. |
| Four women work in the city. | Fire kvinder arbejder i byen. |
| We buy five new plants. | Vi køber fem nye planter. |
Numbers 6 to 10
Next up are six through ten: seks (6), syv (7), otte (8), ni (9), and ti (10).
| The girl has six red dresses. | Pigen har seks røde kjoler. |
| Seven dogs run in the park. | Syv hunde løber i parken. |
| Eight boys eat the food. | Otte drenge spiser maden. |
| Nine cats sleep in the bed. | Ni katte sover i sengen. |
| The man buys ten newspapers. | Manden køber ti aviser. |
The Word for "Number"
The Danish word for "a number" is et tal. If you want to say "the number", you add the neuter suffix to make it tallet. Notice that it gets an extra l before the ending.
| What is the number? | Hvad er tallet? |
| The number is ten. | Tallet er ti. |
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