Numbers 11 to 20

Counting from 11 to 20

Now that you know how to count to ten, let's continue up to twenty. Just like the numbers two through ten, these numbers do not change based on a noun's gender. You simply place the number directly in front of the plural noun.

Numbers 11 and 12

The words for eleven and twelve are elleve and tolv.

She has eleven old bicycles.
Hun har elleve gamle cykler.
The man buys twelve red apples.
Manden køber tolv røde æbler.

Numbers 13 to 16

The numbers from thirteen to nineteen all end in -ten, which is very similar to the English "-teen". Let's look at thirteen through sixteen: tretten (13), fjorten (14), femten (15), and seksten (16).

We see thirteen houses and fourteen cars.
Vi ser tretten huse og fjorten biler.
Fifteen boys and sixteen girls are reading the book.
Femten drenge og seksten piger læser bogen.

Numbers 17 to 20

Next are seventeen through nineteen: sytten (17), atten (18), and nitten (19). Finally, the word for twenty is tyve.

The girl has seventeen dresses and eighteen shirts.
Pigen har sytten kjoler og atten skjorter.
They eat nineteen cakes and twenty apples.
De spiser nitten kager og tyve æbler.
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