NOTE: The numbers 1 to 4 have three gender forms in Icelandic, and this gender form changes depending upon whether the number is attached to a masculine, feminine, or neuter word. Only numbers one to four have these gender forms. In addition the numbers one to four change for the four grammatical cases; however, all numbers below are in their nominative (or natural ) forms.
- number _____ (train, bus, etc.)
- númer _____ (noo-mer)
- half
- hálfur (hawl-vur)
- third
- þriðji (thri-dhyi)
- quarter
- fjórðungur (fjohr-dhun-gur)
- less
- minni (min-ni)
- more
- meiri (may-ri)
Cardinal
Examples:
- (m) Einn maður (ay-tn madh-ur) "one man".
- (f) Ein kona (ayn kon-a) "one woman".
- (n) Eitt barn (ay-ht barn) "one child".
- 1
- einn, (masculine) (a-te) much like the word "eight or ate" but with a softer T
- ein, (feminine) (ayn)
- eitt, (neuter) (ay-ht)
- 2
- tveir, (masculine) (tvay-r)
- tvær, (feminine) (tvigh-r)
- tvö, (neuter) (two-ah) much like the word "Twas" without the S
- 3
- þrír, (masculine) (threer)
- þrjár, (feminine) (three-aw)
- þrjú, (neuter) (three-oo)
- 4
- fjórir, (masculine) (fjoh-rir)
- fjórar, (feminine) (fjoh-rar)
- fjögur, (neuter) (fyoh-ur)
- 5
- fimm (fim)
- 6
- sex (sex)
- 7
- sjö (syur)
- 8
- átta (ohw-ta)
- 9
- níu (nee-u)
- 10
- tíu (tee-u)
- 11
- ellefu (et-le-vu)
- 12
- tólf (toe-lv)
- 13
- þrettán (threh-tawn)
- 14
- fjórtán (fyohr-tawn)
- 15
- fimmtán (fim-tawn)
- 16
- sextán (sex-tawn)
- 17
- sautján (sur-ee-tyawn)
- Or, seytján (say-tjawn)
- 18
- átján (aw-tyawn)
- 19
- nítján (nee-tyawn)
- 20
- tuttugu (tuh-tu-ghu)
- 21
- tuttugu og einn (tuh-tu-ghu oh aydn)
- 22
- tuttugu og tveir (tuh-tu-ghu oh tvayr)
- 23
- tuttugu og þrír (tuh-tu-ghu oh threer)
- 30
- þrjátíu (thryaw-tee-u)
- 40
- fjörutíu (fyoh-ru-tee-u)
- 50
- fimmtíu (fim-tee-u)
- 60
- sextíu (sex-tee-u)
- 70
- sjötíu (syur-tee-u)
- 80
- áttatíu (awh-ta-tee-u)
- 90
- níutíu (nee-u-tee-u)
- 100
- hundrað (hun-tradh)
- 101
- hundrað og einn (hun-tradh oh ay-dn)
- 200
- tvö hundruð (tvur hun-trudh)
- 300
- þrjú hundruð (thryow hun-trudh)
- 1000
- þúsund (thoo-sunt)
- 2000
- tvö þúsund (tvur thoo-sunt)
- 100,000
- hundrað þúsund (hun-tradh thoo-sunt)
- 1,000,000
- milljón (mil-yohn)
- 1,000,000,000
- miljarður (mil-yar-dhur)
- 1,000,000,000
- billjón (bil-yohn)
Ordinal
- 1st
- fyrsti (fir-sti)
- 2nd
- annar (an-nar)
- 3rd
- þriðji (thri-dhyi)
- 4th
- fjórði (fyohr-dhi)
- 5th
- fimmti (fim-ti)
- 6th
- sjötti (syur-ti)
- 7th
- sjöundi (syur-unti)
- 8th
- áttundi (awt-unti)
- 9th
- níundi (nee-unti)
- 10th
- tíundi (tee-unti)
- 11th
- ellefti (et-lev-ti)
- 12th
- tólfti (tohlv-ti)
- 13th
- þrettándi (thre-ht-awn-ti)
- 14th
- fjórtándi (fyohr-tawn-ti)
- 15th
- fimmtándi (fim-tawn-ti)
- 16th
- sextándi (sex-tawn-ti)
- 17th
- sautjándi (sur-eet-yawn-ti)
- Or, seytjándi (say-tyawn-ti)
- 18th
- átjándi (awt-yawn-ti)
- 19th
- nítjándi (neet-yawn-ti)
- 20th
- tuttugasti (tut-htu-kas-ti)
- 21st
- tuttugasti og fyrsti (tut-htu-kas-ti oh fir-sti)
- 30th
- þrítugasti (three-tu-kas-ti)
- 40th
- fertugasti (fer-tu-kas-ti)
- 50th
- fimmtugasti (fim-tu-kas-ti)
- 60th
- sextugasti (sex-tu-kas-ti)
- 70th
- sjötugasti (syur-tu-kas-ti)
- 80th
- áttugasti (awt-tu-kas-ti)
- 90th
- nítugasti (nee-tu-kas-ti)
- 100th
- hundraðasti (hun-tra-dhas-ti)
- 101st
- hundraðasti og fyrsti (hun-tra-dhas-ti oh fir-sti)
- 100th
- tvöhundruðasti (tvur-hun-tra-dhas-ti)
- 1,000th
- þúsundasti (thoo-sun-tas-ti)
- 2,000th
- tvöþúsundasti (tur-thoo-sun-tas-ti)
- 100,000th
- hundrað þúsuntasti (hun-tradh thoo-sun-tas-ti)
- 1,000,000th
- milljónasti (mil-yohn-asti)
- 1,000,000,000th
- þúsund milljónasti (thoo-sunt mil-yohn-asti)
- 1,000,000,000,000th
- billjónasti (bil-yohn-asti)
