Numbers in Greek – How to count in Greek

Numbers!

Numbers are everywhere. So, learning how to count in Greek will help you in

more ways than you can imagine. It’s not hard to learn the Greek numbers.

All you have to do, is learn how to count from 0 to 12 and then the rest is easy.

Trust me! Let’s go and see how to pronounce and write the famous Greek

numbers and how you can use them in everyday life.

Greek numbers 0 – 10

These are the most vital numbers because they are unique and their

combinations will help you form all the other numbers from 13 and above.

If you learn them you are one step closer to learning all the Greek numbers.

Yep, all! So, let’s see them:

0 – μηδέν – (miden)
1 – ένα – (ena)
2 – δύο – (dio)
3 – τρία – (tria)
4 – τέσσερα – (tesera)
5 – πέντε – (pende)
6 – έξι – (eksi)
7 – επτά – (epta) or εφτά – (efta)
8 – οκτώ – (okto) or οχτώ – (ohto)
9 – εννέα – (enea) or εννιά – (enia)
10 – δέκα – (deka)

Greek numbers 11 – 20

There are two more unique numbers in the Greek number system, 11 and 12.

These are stand-alone unique numbers and they do not play part in forming

any other Greek like the other unique numbers just discussed. As you will see

below, from 13 and above the numbers are formed by using the 10 (δέκα)

plus one number from the above list.

11 – έντεκα – (endeka)
12 – δώδεκα – (dodeka)
13 – δεκατρία – (dekatria)
14 – δεκατέσσερα – (dekatesera)
15 – δεκαπέντε – (dekapende)
16 – δεκαέξι – (dekaexi)
17 – δεκαεπτά – (dekaepta)
18 – δεκαοκτώ – (dekaokto)
19 – δεκαεννέα – (dekaenea)
20 – είκοσι – (eikosi)

Note: All of the above numbers consist of one word

Greek numbers 21 – 100

Numbers from 21 and upwards are formed by using the following pattern. The

first number and it’s word refers to the multiple of 10 and the second

number and it’s word indicates the second digit of the whole number. So the

new thing you are learning now is how to write a whole number using a multiple

of 10 in combination with the unique number range from 0 – 10. Now, let’s see

some examples using some multiples of 10:

21 = 20 + 1 – είκοσι ένα – (eikosi ena)
22 = 20 + 2 – είκοσι δύο – (eikosi dio)
23 = 20 + 3 – είκοσι τρία – (eikosi tria)
32 = 30 + 2 – τριάντα δύο – (trianta dio)
43 = 40 + 3 – σαράντα τρία – (saranda tria)
56 = 50 + 6 – πενήντα έξι – (peninda eksi)
67 = 60 + 7 – εξήντα επτά – (eksinda epta)
78 = 70 + 8 – εβδομήντα οκτώ – (evdominda okto)
84 = 80 + 4 – ογδόντα τέσσερα – (ogdonda tesera)
99 = 90 + 9 – ενενήντα εννέα – (eneninda enea)

Note: Every number greater than 20 consists of two words

Greek Numbers which are multiples of 10

The Greek numbers which are multiples of 10 are listed below:

20 – είκοσι – (eikosi)
30 – τριάντα – (trianda)
40 – σαράντα – (saranda)
50 – πενήντα – (peninda)
60 – εξήντα – (eksinda)
70 – εβδομήντα – (evdominda)
80 – ογδόντα – (ogdonda)
90 – ενενήντα – (eneninda)
100 – εκατό – (ekato)

Greek Numbers 101 – 1000

As with the numbers 21 – 100 just discussed, the same pattern is used to form

numbers from 101 to 1000. The first digit changes and the rest remain the same.

Let’s see some examples that will make this very clear:

251 = 200 + 50 + 1 – διακόσια πενήντα ένα – (diakosia peninda ena)
345 = 300 + 40 + 5 – τριακόσια σαράντα πέντε – (triakosia saranda pende)
789 = 700 + 80 + 9 – επτακόσια ογδόντα εννέα – (oktakosia ogdonda enea)

Important note: For numbers above 100 we include the final ν (n) when we

need to count using the 100.

Examples:

101 – εκατόν ένα – (ekaton ena)
102 – εκατόν δύο – (ekaton dio)
110 – εκατόν δέκα – (ekaton deka)
131 – εκατόν τριάντα ένα – (ekaton trianta ena)

Greek numbers which are multiples of 100

The Greek numbers which are multiples of 100 are listed below.

200 – διακόσια – (diakosia)
300 – τριακόσια – (triakosia)
400 – τετρακόσια – (tetrakosia)
500 – πεντακόσια – (pendakosia)
600 – εξακόσια – (exakosia)
700 – επτακόσια – (eptakosia)
800 – οκτακόσια – (oktakosia)
900 – εννιακόσια – (eniakosia)
1000 – χίλια – (hilia)

Multiples of 1000 and Greek Numbers 1001 – 1000000

We have already seen that 1000 in Greek is χίλια (hilia). But, we use the word

χιλιάδες (hiliades) when we want to count from 2000 until 999000 and we

follow the same pattern as before until we reach the 1000000 which is called

εκατομμύριο (ekatomeerio). Due to the fact that the word χιλιάδες (hiliades)

is feminine, we use the feminine cardinal to indicate that number.

These examples will illustrate the point:

1000 – χίλια – (hilia)
1003 – χίλια τρία – (hilia tria)
1567 – χίλια πεντακόσια εξήντα επτά – (hilia pendakosia eksinda epta)
2000 – δύο χιλιάδες – (dio hiliades)
3000 – τρεις χιλιάδες – (tris hiliades)
4000 – τέσσερις χιλιάδες – (tesseris hiliades)
5000 – πέντε χιλιάδες – (pende hiliades)
10000 – δέκα χιλιάδες – (deka hiliades)
500000 – πεντακόσιες χιλιάδες – (pendakosies hiliades)
678000 – εξακόσιες εβδομήντα οκτώ χιλιάδες – (eksakosies evdominda okto hiliades)
1000000 – ένα εκατομμύριο – (ena ekatomirio)

That wasn’t so hard, was it? I hope not 🙂

Learning Greek on You Tube

If you want to hear the pronunciation of numbers 1-10 you can watch my short

and sweet video on You Tube. Enjoy!