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Learn Norwegian Numbers
This page covers Norwegian number words (Bokmål). Norwegian has regular tens (unlike Danish), reversed word order for 21–99, and straightforward compound rules.
0–12: irregular bases
Memorize these individually:
- 0 = null
- 1 = en / ett
- 2 = to
- 3 = tre
- 4 = fire
- 5 = fem
- 6 = seks
- 7 = sju / syv
- 8 = åtte
- 9 = ni
- 10 = ti
- 11 = elleve
- 12 = tolv
13–19: teens
Pattern: digit + ten (from “ti”):
- 13 = tretten
- 14 = fjorten
- 15 = femten
- 16 = seksten
- 17 = sytten
- 18 = atten
- 19 = nitten
20–99: tens
Norwegian uses regular, decimal tens (unlike Danish’s vigesimal system):
- 20 = tjue
- 30 = tretti
- 40 = førti
- 50 = femti
- 60 = seksti
- 70 = sytti
- 80 = åtti
- 90 = nitti
Compounds: ones + og (“and”) + tens, or simply ones + tens as one word:
- 21 = tjueen
- 35 = trettifem
- 99 = nittini
Quick check: 22, 46, 83?
22 tjueto · 46 førtiseks · 83 åttitre
Hundreds
- 100 = (ett) hundre
- 200 = to hundre
- 300 = tre hundre
- 150 = (ett) hundre og femti
Thousands & large numbers
- 1,000 = (ett) tusen
- 2,000 = to tusen
- 10,000 = ti tusen
- 1,000,000 = en million
- 1,000,000,000 = en milliard
Common mistakes
- en vs. ett: “en” for masculine/feminine, “ett” for neuter.
- sju vs. syv: both are correct for 7; “syv” is more informal.
- Don’t confuse with Danish: Norwegian uses regular decimal tens (tjue, tretti…), not vigesimal.
- åtte vs. åtti: 8 vs. 80 — one letter difference.