Phrases & Vocabulary

Numbers

0
null

1
en

2
to

3
tre

4
fire

5
fem

6
seks

7
sju, syv

8
åtte

9
ni

10
ti

11
elleve

12
tolv

13
tretten

14
fjorten

15
femten

16
seksten (seis-ten)

17
sytten (søtt-en)

18
atten

19
nitten

20
tjue (shoe-e)
*Note* Used in new counting system (see below).

20
tyve

21 & Above

Numbers larger than twenty can be written several ways in Norwegian. Sometimes each word is written separately. Sometimes hyphens are used. And sometimes, the whole number is written as one large word. There are two ways of counting from 21-99.

New Counting System

The new counting is what most people use nowadays. It is also probably advisable for people not very familiar with Norwegian to learn this way first.

21
tjue en (kju-e en)

22
tjue to

23
tjue tre

Old Counting System

The old counting system is slightly more illogical, but still quite a few people use it. It's popularity increases with the age of the speaker. Most people will probably revert to the new counting system if they realize the speaker is not fluent in Norwegian, but here it is for completeness.

21
en og tyve (en å tyv-e)

22
to og tyve (to å tyv-e)

23
tre og tyve

Regardless of System

30
tretti

40
førti

50
femti

60
seksti

70
sytti

80
åtti

90
nitti

100
(ett) hundre

121
(ett) hundre og 21 (100 å 21)

200
to hundre

300
tre hundre

1000
ett tusen

1021
ett tusen og 21 (ett tu-sen å 21)

1100
ett tusen ett hundre (ett tu-sen ett hun-dre)

1121
ett tusen ett hundre og 21

2000
to-tusen

1000000
en million (en milli-on)

number _____ (train, bus, etc.)
nummer _____ (tog, buss, etc) (nomm-er)

half
halv (hall)

less
mindre (minn-dre)

more
mer