How to count in Yiddish, a Jewish language that developed from Medieval German with influences from Hebrew, Aramaic, and various Slavic languages.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | (nul) נול | |
| 1 | (eyns) אײנס | (ershter) ערשטער |
| 2 | (tsvey) צװײ | (tsveyt) צווייט |
| 3 | (dray) דרײַ | (drit) דריט |
| 4 | (fir) פֿיר | (fert) פערט |
| 5 | (finf) פֿינף | (finft) פינפט |
| 6 | (zeks) זעקס | (zekst) זעקסט |
| 7 | (zibn) זיבן | (zibet) זיבעט |
| 8 | (akht) אכט | (akht) אַכט |
| 9 | (nayn) נײַן | (naynt) נײַנט |
| 10 | (tsen) צען | (tsent) צענט |
| 11 | (elf) עלף | (elft) עלפט |
| 12 | (tsvelf) צוועלף | (tsvelft) צוועלפט |
| 13 | (draytsn) דרײַצן | (draytsnt) דרײַצנט |
| 14 | (fertsn) פערצן | (fertsnt) פערצנט |
| 15 | (fuftsn) פופצן | (fuftsnt) פופצנט |
| 16 | (zekhtsn) זעכצן | (zekhtsnt) זעכצנט |
| 17 | (zibetsn) זיבעצן | (zibetsnt) זיבעצנט |
| 18 | (akhtsn) אַכצן | (akhtsnt) אַכצנט |
| 19 | (nayntsn) נײַנצן | (nayntsnt) נײַנצנט |
| 20 | (tsvantsik) צוואַנציק | (tsvantsikstn) צוואַנציקסטן |
| 21 | (eyn un tsvantsik) איין און צוואנציק | from here on (-stn) סטן- |
| 22 | (tsvey un tsvantsik) צוויי און צוואנציק | |
| 23 | (dray un tsvantsik) דרײַ און צוואנציק | |
| 24 | (fir un tsvantsik) פֿיר און צוואנציק | |
| 25 | (finf un tsvantsik) פֿינף און צוואנציק | |
| 26 | (zeks un tsvantsik) זעקס און צוואנציק | |
| 27 | (zibn un tsvantsik) זיבן און צוואנציק | |
| 28 | (akht un tsvantsik) אכט און צוואנציק | |
| 29 | (neyn un tsvantsik) נײַן און צוואנציק | |
| 30 | (draysik) דרײַסיק | |
| 40 | (fertsik) פערציק | |
| 50 | (fuftsik) פופציק | |
| 60 | (zekhtsik) זעכציק | |
| 70 | (zibetsik) זיבעציק | |
| 80 | (akhtsik) אַכציק | |
| 90 | (nayntsik) נײַנציק | |
| 100 | (hundert) הונדערט | |
| 200 | (tsvey hundert) צװײ הונדערט | |
| 300 | (dray hundert) דרײַ הונדערט | |
| 1,000 | (toyznt) טויזנט | |
| 10,000 | (tsen toyznt) צען טויזנט | |
| 100,000 | (hundert toyznt) הונדערט טויזנט | |
| 1,000,000 | (milyon) מיליאָן | |
| 1,000,000,000 | (bilyon) ביליאָן | |
| 1,000,000,000,000 | (trilyon) טריליאָן |
| 0.0 | (nul punkt nisht) נול פּונקט נישט |
| 0.1 | (nul punkt eyns) נול פּונקט אײנס |
| 0.12 | (nul punkt tsvelf) נול פּונקט צוועלף (nul punkt eyns tsvey) נול פּונקט אײנס צװײ |
| 1/2 | (ein halb) איין האַלב |
| 1/3 | (ein dritl) איין דריטל |
| 1/4 | (ein fertl) איין פערטל |
| 1/5 | (ein finftl) איין פינפטל |
| 1/6 | (ein zekstl) איין זעקסטל |
| 3/4 | (dray fertl) דרײַ פערטל |
| % | (dos protsent) דאָס פּראָצענט |
| 50% | (fuftsik protsent) פופציק פּראָצענט |
Ordinal numbers have three forms - masculine nomimative, with the suffix (er) ער, masculine accusative, with the suffix (n) ן, and feminine/neuter nominative and accusative, with the suffix (e) ע. For example, first is (ershter) ערשטע, (ershtn) ערשטן, and (ershte) ערשטע. These endings are added to the final (t) ט of other numbers, e.g. (tsveyter/tsveytn/tsveyte) צווייטער\צווייטן\צווייטע
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Information compiled by Michael Peter Füstumum, with corrections and additions by Alex Heppenheimer and Jared Gimbel
Hear some Yiddish numbers
Information about numbers and counting in Yiddish
http://learn101.org/yiddish_numbers.php
http://www.koshernosh.com/Numbers+days.htm
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/a-shmek-yidish/counting-and-basic-arithmetic
http://mylanguages.org/yiddish_numbers.php
Download a spreadsheet of numbers in Germanic languages (provided by Yoshi Smart)
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