Counting in Lower Sorbian

Language overview

Forty-two in Lower Sorbian Lower Sorbian (dolnoserbšćina) belongs to the West Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, in and around the city of Cottbus in Brandenburg. The Lower Sorbian language counts about 7,000 speakers.

Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Lower Sorbian. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

Lower Sorbian numbers list

  • 1 – jaden
  • 2 – dwa
  • 3 – tśi
  • 4 – styri
  • 5 – pěś
  • 6 – šesć
  • 7 – sedym
  • 8 – wósym
  • 9 – źewjeś
  • 10 – źaseś
  • 11 – jadnasćo
  • 12 – dwanasćo
  • 13 – tśinasćo
  • 14 – styrnasćo
  • 15 – pěśnasćo
  • 16 – šesnasćo
  • 17 – sedymnasćo
  • 18 – wosymnasćo
  • 19 – źewjeśnasćo
  • 20 – dwaźasća
  • 30 – tśiźasća
  • 40 – styrźasća
  • 50 – pěśźaset
  • 60 – šesćźaset
  • 70 – sedymźaset
  • 80 – wosymźaset
  • 90 – źewjeśźaset
  • 100 – sto
  • 1,000 – tysac

Lower Sorbian numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

  • Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely jaden (m) / jadna (f) / jadno (n) [1], dwa (m) / dwě (f,n) [2], tśi [3], styri [4], pěś [5], šesć [6], sedym [7], wósym [8], and źewjeś [9].
  • Tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit with źasća from twenty to forty, and by źaset from fifty to ninety, while no multiplier is needed for ten. Thus, we have źaseś [10], dwaźasća [20], tśiźasća [30], styrźasća [40], pěśźaset [50], šesćźaset [60], sedymźaset [70], wosymźaset [80], and źewjeśźaset [90].
  • Numbers from eleven to nineteen are formed starting with the unit, directly followed by nasćo: jadnasćo [11], dwanasćo [12], tśinasćo [13], styrnasćo [14], pěśnasćo [15], šesnasćo [16], sedymnasćo [17], wosymnasćo [18], and źewjeśnasćo [19].
  • Compound numbers are formed starting with the unit, followed by the conjonction a and the ten, with no space (e.g.: wósymadwaźasća [28], šesćapěśźaset [56]).
  • Hundreds are formed starting with the multiplier unit, then a form of the word for hundred (sto), with no space, except for one hundred: sto [100], dwěsćě [200], tśista [300], styrista [400], pěśstow [500], šesćstow [600], sedymstow [700], wosymstow [800], and źewjeśstow [900].
  • Compound hundreds are formed starting with the hundred, then the conjonction a, and the ten or the unit separated with spaces (e.g.: sto a jaden [101], dwěsćě a tśiasedymźaset [273]).
  • Thousands are formed starting with the multiplier unit, followed by the word for thousand (tysac), except for one thousand: tysac [1,000], dwa tysac [2,000], tśi tysac [3,000], styri tysac [4,000], pěś tysac [5,000], šesć tysac [6,000], sedym tysac [7,000], wósym tysac [8,000], and źewjeś tysac [9,000].

Write a number in full in Lower Sorbian

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Lower Sorbian. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.

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