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numerodix
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21 September 2010 at 7:55pm | IP Logged 
20 - tyve
30 - tredive
40 - fyrre
50 - halvtreds
60 - tres
70 - halvfjerds
80 - first
90 - halvfems

Forøvrig: Danish
numbers


Hva er det some foregår? Jeg har aldri visst at disse tallene har såpass rare navn. Hva
kommer det av?

Det virker som om 50 betyr mer eller mindre "halv tre" eller noe i den retning.

Edited by numerodix on 21 September 2010 at 7:56pm

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21 September 2010 at 11:34pm | IP Logged 
It comes from a number system based on the number 20 (fingers + toes - and a history that reaches back at least to the Babylonians).

for instance

the seventieth: den halvfjerdsindstyvende

"halvfjerde" = 4 minus ½ = 3.5
"sinds" = times
"tyve" = twenty
"-ende" marks ordinal numbers

so den halvfjerdsindstyvende = 3,5 x 20 = 70   

q.e.d.

PS: just learn those numbers and forget about their meaning!

Edited by Iversen on 21 September 2010 at 11:36pm

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22 September 2010 at 12:21am | IP Logged 
Fransk har et liknende system for talla mellom åtti og hundre:
80 = quatre-vingts (fire-tjue)
92 = quatre-vingt-douze (fire-tjue-tolv)

Litt humor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGIhrs3HkI&feature=related


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