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Swedish grammar

4. Numbers

4.1 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns
  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Genitive

  • 1.3 Demonstrative Pronouns

  • 2. Nouns
  • 2.1 Articles

  • 2.2 Noun Declensions

  • 2.3 Indefinite and Definite Nouns

  • 3. Verbs
  • 3.1 Verb Conjugation

  • 3.2 Irregular Verbs

  • 3.3 Auxiliary Verbs

  • 3.4 Passive

  • 3.5 Imperative

  • 4. Numbers
  • 4.1 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

  • 5. Prepositions
  • 5.1 Prepositions of Time

  • 5.2 Prepositions of Place

  • 6. Adjectives
  • 6.1 Adjective Inflections

  • 6.2 Comparison of Adjectives

  • 6.3 Present and Past Participle

  • 7. Word Order
  • 7.1 Word Order in Main Clauses

  • 7.2 Word Order in Subordinate Clauses

  • 7.3 Word Order in Questions

  • 8. Adverbs
  • 8.1 Adverb Formation

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns

  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Genitive

  • 1.3 Demonstrative Pronouns

  • 2. Nouns

  • 2.1 Articles

  • 2.2 Noun Declensions

  • 2.3 Indefinite and Definite Nouns

  • 3. Verbs

  • 3.1 Verb Conjugation

  • 3.2 Irregular Verbs

  • 3.3 Auxiliary Verbs

  • 3.4 Passive

  • 3.5 Imperative

  • 4. Numbers

  • 4.1 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

  • 5. Prepositions

  • 5.1 Prepositions of Time

  • 5.2 Prepositions of Place

  • 6. Adjectives

  • 6.1 Adjective Inflections

  • 6.2 Comparison of Adjectives

  • 6.3 Present and Past Participle

  • 7. Word Order

  • 7.1 Word Order in Main Clauses

  • 7.2 Word Order in Subordinate Clauses

  • 7.3 Word Order in Questions

  • 8. Adverbs

  • 8.1 Adverb Formation

Cardinal numbersOrdinal numbers
1ett1stförsta
2två2ndandra
3tre3rdtredje
4fyra4thfjärde
5fem5thfemte
6sex6thsjätte
7sju7thsjunde
8åtta8thåttonde
9nio9thnionde
10tio10thtionde
11elva11thelfte
12tolv12thtolfte
13tretton13thtrettonde
14fjorton14thfjortonde
15femton15thfemtonde
16sexton16thsextonde
17sjutton17thsjuttonde
18arton18thartonde
19nitton19thnittonde
20tjugo20thtjugonde
21tjugoett21sttjugoförsta
22tjugotvå22ndtjugoandra
23tjugotre23rdtjugotredje
24tjugofyra24thtjugofjärde
25tjugofem25thtjugofemte
26tjugosex26thtjugosjätte
27tjugosju27thtjugosjunde
28tjugoåtta28thtjugoåttonde
29tjugonio29thtjugonionde
30trettio30thtrettionde
40fyrtio40thfyrtionde
50femtio50thfemtionde
60sextio60thsextionde
70sjuttio70thsjuttionde
80åttio80thåttionde
90nittio90thnittionde
100(ett) hundra100thhundrade
1000ett tusen1000thtusende
1 000 000en miljon1 000 000thmiljonte

Usually the ordinal number is preceded by a definite article (den/det/de) and the noun is in the definite form:

Du är den andra personen som har frågat om det här.

Note:

  • tiotals = dozens of
  • hundratals = hundreds of
  • tusentals = thousands of

 

  • ett tiotal = dozen
  • ett femtiotal = about fifty
  • ett hundratal = about a hundred
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Beginning 5. Prepositions
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