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Learning the Icelandic Numbers displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity.
In Icelandic, the first four numbers are declined like nouns, in gender and case. These are:
Einn - ein - eitt (one in masc., fem., neut.)
Tveir - tvær - tvö (two...)
Þrír - þrjár - þrjú (three...)
Fjórir - fjórar - fjögur (four...)
The numbers 1 to 20 are unique. From 21 and up, numbers are formed by adding the units to the tens, as in tuttugu og einn (twenty and one), þrjátíu og tveir (thirty and two) etc.
When a number ends in a one, the noun it agrees with takes the singular form, so we say twenty-one man, not men.
Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Icelandic Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | númer |
| one | einn |
| two | tveir |
| three | þrír |
| four | fjórir |
| five | fimm |
| six | sex |
| seven | sjö |
| eight | átta |
| nine | níu |
| ten | tíu |
| eleven | ellefu |
| twelve | tólf |
| thirteen | þrettán |
| fourteen | fjórtán |
| fifteen | fimmtán |
| sixteen | sextán |
| seventeen | sautján |
| eighteen | átján |
| nineteen | nítján |
| twenty | tuttugu |
| hundred | hundrað |
| one thousand | eitt þúsund |
| million | milljón |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Icelandic.
Icelandic Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Icelandic. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Icelandic Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | raðnúmer |
| first | fyrsti |
| second | annar |
| third | þriðji |
| fourth | fjórði |
| fifth | fimmti |
| sixth | sjötti |
| seventh | sjöundi |
| eighth | áttundi |
| ninth | níundi |
| tenth | tíundi |
| eleventh | ellefti |
| twelfth | tólfti |
| thirteenth | þrettándi |
| fourteenth | fjórtándi |
| fifteenth | fimmtándi |
| sixteenth | sextándi |
| seventeenth | sautjándi |
| eighteenth | átjándi |
| nineteenth | nítjándi |
| twentieth | tuttugasti |
| once | einu sinni |
| twice | tvisvar |
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