Count to 10 in Danish
These ten words are the foundation of the entire Danish number system. You'll use them when counting, telling time, giving your phone number, and building every larger number.
1
en / et
one
"en" for common gender, "et" for neuter
2
to
two
3
tre
three
4
fire
four
5
fem
five
6
seks
six
7
syv
seven
8
otte
eight
9
ni
nine
10
ti
ten
Good to know
Danish has two forms of “one”: en (common gender) and et (neuter gender). When counting abstractly, you'll hear en, to, tre… but when saying “one apple” it's et æble because æble is neuter.