Numbers 11–100
अंक ११-१००
From eleven onward, Dutch numbers become fully predictable compounds built from the numbers you already know — and unlike English, Dutch says the unit before the ten, a small reversal worth getting used to early.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
elf, twaalf: two irregular words, then a pattern kicks in
elf (11), twaalf (12), then dertien (13), veertien (14)... = unit + tien
ग्यारह, बारह अनियमित हैं; तेरह से यह पैटर्न में आ जाता है (हिंदी में भी हर अंक अलग शब्द है)
Hindi's numbers eleven through nineteen are each their own memorized word (ग्यारह, बारह, तेरह...), with no shared visible structure. Dutch only keeps that irregularity for elf and twaalf; from dertien (13) onward, the pattern becomes unit + tien ('teen'): veertien (14), vijftien (15), zestien (16), and so on — closer to English's teens than to Hindi's fully separate words.
Units come before tens: 'one-and-twenty', not 'twenty-one'
eenentwintig (21 = één + en + twintig, literally 'one-and-twenty')
इक्कीस (हिंदी में भी हर संख्या का अपना शब्द होता है, पर क्रम उलटा नहीं होता)
This is the biggest structural surprise in this lesson: from 21 onward, Dutch says the unit digit first, then en ('and'), then the tens word — eenentwintig is literally 'one-and-twenty', not 'twenty-one'. Hindi numbers in this range (इक्कीस, बाईस...) are single memorized words without this build-order logic, so train yourself to say the smaller number first when speaking Dutch, the reverse of both Hindi and English habits.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| Dutch | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| elf | elf | ग्यारहgyārah | eleven |
| twaalf | tvahlf | बारहbārah | twelve |
| dertien | DER-teen | तेरहterah | thirteen |
| twintig | TVIN-tikh | बीसbīs | twenty |
| eenentwintig | AYN-en-tvin-tikh | इक्कीसikkīs | twenty-one |
| dertig | DER-tikh | तीसtīs | thirty |
| veertig | VAYR-tikh | चालीसcālīs | forty |
| vijftig | FIFE-tikh | पचासpacās | fifty |
| zestig | ZES-tikh | साठsāṭh | sixty |
| zeventig | ZAY-ven-tikh | सत्तरsattar | seventy |
| tachtig | TAHKH-tikh | अस्सीassī | eighty |
| negentig | NAY-khen-tikh | नब्बेnabbe | ninety |
| honderd | HON-dert | सौsau | one hundred |