• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
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      9 months ago
      # 🇩🇰
      1 en
      2 to
      3 tre
      4 fire
      5 fem
      6 seks
      7 syv
      8 otte
      9 ni
      10 ti
      11 elleve
      12 tolv
      13 tretten
      14 fjorten
      15 femten
      16 seksten
      17 sytten
      18 atten
      19 nitten
      20 tyve
      21 enogtyve (oneandtwenty)
      22 toogtyve (twoandtwenty)
      30 tredive
      40 fyrre
      50 halvtreds
      60 tres (threes[core])
      70 halvfjerds (½fourths[core])
      80 firs (fours[core])
      90 halvfems (½fifths[core])
      92 tooghalvfems (twoand½fifths[core])
      100 hundred

      The 4½ = ●●●●◖ = [four +] ½fifth is not unique to Danish. In Czech, we say „čtvrt na osm“ (quarter to eight), „půl osmé“ (half of eighth) and „tři čtvrtě na osm“ (¾ to eight) to mean 19:15, 19:30 and 19:45, respectively, so I kinda get it.
      Similarly, in German, 🕢=„halb acht“.

    • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      And ninety, halvfems, short for halvfemsindstyve or halv-fem-sinds-tyve, means “fifth half times twenty”, or “four scores plus half of the fifth score” [4½ * 20].

      I think the Britons used scores as well for some time.