How to count in Icelandic (Íslenska), a Northern Germanic language spoken mainly in Iceland.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, n = neuter
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | núll | |
| 1 | einn (m), ein (f), eitt (n) | fyrsti (m) fyrsta (f/n) |
| 2 | tveir (m), tvær (f), tvö (n) | annar (m), önnur (f), annað (n) |
| 3 | þrír (m), þrjár (f), þrjú (n) | þriðji (m), þriðja (f/n) |
| 4 | fjórir (m), fjórar (f), fjögur (n) | fjórði (m), fjórða (f/n) |
| 5 | fimm | fimmti (m), fimmta (f/n) |
| 6 | sex | sjötti (m), sjötta (f/n) |
| 7 | sjö | sjöundi (m), sjöunda (f/n) |
| 8 | átta | áttundi (m), áttunda (f/n) |
| 9 | níu | níundi (m), níunda (f/n) |
| 10 | tíu | tíundi (m), tíunda (f/n) |
| 11 | ellefu | ellefti (m), ellefta (f/n) |
| 12 | tólf | tólfti (m), tólfta (f/n) |
| 13 | þrettán | þrettándi (m), þrettánda (f/n) |
| 14 | fjórtán | fjórtándi (m), fjórtánda (f/n) |
| 15 | fimmtán | fimmtándi (m), fimmtánda (f/n) |
| 16 | sextán | sextándi (m), sextánda (f/n) |
| 17 | sautján | sautjándi (m), sautjánda (f/n) |
| 18 | átján | átjándi (m), átjánda (f/n) |
| 19 | nítján | nítjándi (m), nítjánda (f/n) |
| 20 | tuttugu | tuttugasti (m), tuttugasta (f/n) |
| 21 | tuttugu og einn | tuttugasti og fyrsti (m) tuttugasta og fyrsta (f/n) |
| 22 | tuttugu og tveir | tuttugasti og annar (m) tuttugasta og önnur (f) tuttugasta og annað (n) |
| 23 | tuttugu og þrír | tuttugasti og þriðji (m) tuttugasta og þriðja (f/n) |
| 24 | tuttugu og fjórir | |
| 25 | tuttugu og fimm | |
| 26 | tuttugu og sex | |
| 27 | tuttugu og sjö | |
| 28 | tuttugu og átta | |
| 29 | tuttugu og níu | |
| 30 | þrjátíu | þrítugasti (m), þrítugasta (f/n) |
| 40 | fjörutíu | fertugasti (m), fertugasta (f/n) |
| 50 | fimmtíu | fimmtugasti (m), fimmtugasta (f/n) |
| 60 | sextíu | sextugasti (m), sextugasta (f/n) |
| 70 | sjötíu | sjötugasti (m), sjötugasta (f/n) |
| 80 | áttatíu | áttugasti (m), áttugasta (f/n) |
| 90 | níutíu | níutugasti (m), níutugasta (f/n) |
| 100 | hundrað | hundraðasti (m) hundraðasta (f/n) |
| 200 | tvö hundruð | tvöhundraðasti (m) tvöhundraðasta (f/n) |
| 300 | þrjú hundruð | þrjúhundraðasti (m) þrjúhundraðasta (f/n) |
| 1,000 | (eitt) þúsund | þúsundasti (m) þúsundasta (f/n) |
| 100,000 | hundrað þúsund | hundrað þúsundasti |
| 1,000,000 | milljón | milljónasti |
| 1,000,000,000 | miljarður / milljarður | þúsund milljónasti |
| 1,000,000,000,000 | billjón | billjónasti |
| half | hálfur | |
| third | þriðji | |
| quarter | fjórðungur | |
| once | einu sinn | |
| twice | tvisvar |
Corrections by Stefán Steinsson
Information about counting in Icelandic
http://mylanguages.org/icelandic_numbers.php
http://www.101languages.net/icelandic/numbers.html
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Icelandic/Numbers
http://learn101.org/icelandic_numbers.php
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_good_word/2013/07/cultural_differences_in_counting_numbers_and_math_icelandic_numbers_and.html
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