Greek numbers 1–100 with pronunciation
Learn 0 to 12 and the tens by heart. Every other number up to 100 is built from them, much as in English.
35 is τριάντα πέντε [tree-AHN-dah PEHN-deh], “thirty-five”: the ten first, then the unit. Only the teens work the other way round from English: δεκατρία [dheh-kah-TREE-ah] is “ten-three”, not “three-teen”.
The capitals in a respelling mark the stressed syllable. dh is the th of “this” (the letter δ), and ks is the letter ξ.
Numbers 0 to 10
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- μηδένmee-DHEHN · 0
- έναEH-nah · 1
- δύοDHEE-o · 2
- τρίαTREE-ah · 3
- τέσσεραTEH-seh-rah · 4
- πέντεPEHN-deh · 5
- έξιEH-ksee · 6
- επτάehp-TAH · 7
- οκτώok-TO · 8
- εννέαeh-NEH-ah · 9
- δέκαDHEH-kah · 10
Three things trip English readers up here. δ is never d: δύο is [DHEE-o], δέκα is [DHEH-kah]. υ says ee, so δύο is not “doo-oh”. And ντ is a d, so πέντε is [PEHN-deh], not “pen-teh”.
Numbers 11 to 19
As in English, 11 and 12 are words of their own, so learn them separately: έντεκα comes from “one-ten”, δώδεκα from “two-ten”. From 13 on, Greek is simpler than English: δέκα (ten) comes first and the unit is joined to it in one word. δεκα + τρία = δεκατρία. Where English says “thir-teen”, Greek says “ten-three”.
- έντεκαEHN-deh-kah · 11
- δώδεκαDHO-dheh-kah · 12
- δεκατρίαdheh-kah-TREE-ah · 13
- δεκατέσσεραdheh-kah-TEH-seh-rah · 14
- δεκαπέντεdheh-kah-PEHN-deh · 15
- δεκαέξιdheh-kah-EH-ksee · 16
- δεκαεπτάdheh-kah-ehp-TAH · 17
- δεκαοκτώdheh-kah-ok-TO · 18
- δεκαεννέαdheh-kah-eh-NEH-ah · 19
The tens
- είκοσιEE-ko-see · 20
- τριάνταtree-AHN-dah · 30
- σαράνταsah-RAHN-dah · 40
- πενήνταpeh-NEEN-dah · 50
- εξήνταeh-KSEEN-dah · 60
- εβδομήνταev-dho-MEEN-dah · 70
- ογδόνταogh-DHON-dah · 80
- ενενήνταeh-neh-NEEN-dah · 90
- εκατόeh-kah-TO · 100
How to build 21 to 99
The same order as in English: the ten, then the unit. Greek writes them as two separate words, with no hyphen and nothing in between: είκοσι πέντε is “twenty-five”.
- είκοσι πέντεEE-ko-see PEHN-deh · 25
- τριάντα πέντεtree-AHN-dah PEHN-deh · 35
- σαράντα τέσσεραsah-RAHN-dah TEH-seh-rah · 44
- πενήντα τρίαpeh-NEEN-dah TREE-ah · 53
- εξήντα οκτώeh-KSEEN-dah ok-TO · 68
- εβδομήντα πέντεev-dho-MEEN-dah PEHN-deh · 75
Good to know
- Some numbers have two forms. In everyday speech 7, 8 and 9 are often εφτά [ehf-TAH], οχτώ [okh-TO] and εννιά [eh-NYAH]. They are the same numbers, but they sound different from επτά, οκτώ and εννέα, so learn to recognise them by ear too. 11 has two forms as well: everyday έντεκα [EHN-deh-kah] and the bookish ένδεκα [EHN-dheh-kah], which you may see in writing.
- 1, 3 and 4 change with gender. English numbers never change, but Greek nouns are masculine, feminine or neuter. When you simply count, you use the neuter forms: ένα, τρία, τέσσερα. Next to a noun they agree with it, for example μία [MEE-ah] (one, feminine) and τρεις [trees] (three): that is a lesson of its own.
- The tens from 30 to 90 end in -ντα, said [dah], because ντ is a d. The stress falls on the second-to-last syllable: τριάντα, σαράντα. είκοσι (20) is stressed on the first syllable.
Check yourself
What is ενενήντα εννέα?
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ενενήντα εννέα [eh-neh-NEEN-dah eh-NEH-ah] is 90 + 9 = 99: the ten first, then the unit.
How do you say 48?
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48 is σαράντα οκτώ [sah-RAHN-dah ok-TO]: the ten (40) first, then the unit (8).
One of these numbers is spelt wrong. Which one?
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The right word for 12 is δώδεκα [DHO-dheh-kah]. “δεκα + unit” works for 13 to 19, but 11 and 12 have to be learnt separately, just like eleven and twelve in English.