Counting in Plautdietsch
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Language overview
Plautdietsch, also known as Mennonite Low German, is an East Low German language from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family. Spoken by the Mennonites, a group of Christian Anabaptists, in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Honduras, Belize, and Argentina, it counts about 300,000 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 99 in Plautdietsch. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.
Plautdietsch numbering rules
- Digits and numbers from zero to twelve are specific words: null [0], eent [1], twee [2], dree [3], vea [4], fiew [5], sas [6], säwen [7], acht [8], näajen [9], tieen [10], alf [11], and twalf [12].
- From thirteen to nineteen, the numbers are formed from the matching digits root suffixed with the word for ten (tieen): drettieen [13], vieetieen [14], feftieen [15], sastieen [16], säwentieen [17], achttieen [18], and näajentieen [19].
- The tens are formed by adding the suffix -tich at the end of the multiplier digit root form, with the exception of ten: tieen [10], twintich [20], dartich [30], vieetich [40], feftich [50], zastich [60], zäwentich [70], tachentich [80], and näajentich [90].
- From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the tens and units are joined with the conjunction un (and), but the unit is placed before the ten (e.g.: eent un dartich [31], fiew un vieetich [45]).
- Hundreds are formed by putting the multiplier digit before the word for hundred (hundat), with no space, with the exception of one hundred itself: hundat [100], twee hundat [200], dree hundat [300], vea hundat [400], fiew hundat [500]…
- Compound hundreds with numbers from one to twenty are formed by linking the hundred with the ten or unit with the conjunction un (and): hundat un twee [102], dree hundat un drettien [313]. From twenty to ninety-nine, the conjunction disappears: hundat een un twintich [121], dree hundat sas un feftich [356].
- Thousands are formed by putting the multiplier digit before the word for thousand (dusent), except for one thousand itself: dusent [1,000], twee dusent [2,000], dree dusent [3,000], vea dusent [4,000], fiew dusent [5,000]…
- One million is eene Milliion
Books
Wi Leahre Plautdietsch: A Beginner’s Guide to Mennonite Low German
by Isaias McCaffery, editors Mennonite Heritage Museum (2008)
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The Spelling of Low German & Plautdietsch: Towards an Official Plautdietsch Orthography
by Reuben Epp, editors Readers Pr (1996)
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Numbers list
| 1 – eent 2 – twee 3 – dree 4 – vea 5 – fiew 6 – sas 7 – säwen 8 – acht 9 – näajen | 10 – tieen 11 – alf 12 – twalf 13 – drettieen 14 – vieetieen 15 – feftieen 16 – sastieen 17 – säwentieen 18 – achttieen | 19 – näajentieen 20 – twintich 30 – dartich 40 – vieetich 50 – feftich 60 – zastich 70 – zäwentich 80 – tachentich 90 – näajentich | 100 – hundat 1,000 – dusent one million – eene Milliion |
West Germanic languages
Afrikaans, Alsatian, Bavarian, English, German, Luxembourgish, North Frisian, Pennsylvania German, Plautdietsch, Saterland Frisian, Swiss German, and West Frisian.
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