Ordinal numbers in Norwegian
Here is an overview of ordinal numbers in Norwegian. Note that many of the ordinal numbers in Norwegian end with “ende.”
fรธrste (first)
andre/annen (second)
tredje (third)
fjerde (fourth)
femte (fifth)
sjette (sixth)
sjuende (seventh)
รฅttende (eighth)
niende (ninth)
tiende (tenth)
ellevte (eleventh)
tolvte (twelth)
trettende (thirteenth)
fjortende (fourteenth)
femtende (fifteenth)
sekstende (sixteenth)
syttende (seventeenth)
attende (eighteenth)
nittende (nineteenth)
tjuende (twentieth)
tjuefรธrste (twenty-first)
tjueandre (twenty-second)
tjuetredje (twenty-third)
tjuefjerde (twenty-fourth)
tjuefemte (twenty-fifth)
tjuesjette (twenty-sixth)
tjuesjuende (twenty-seventh)
tjueรฅttende (twenty-eighth)
tjueniende (twenty-ninth)
trettiende (thirtieth)
trettifรธrste (thirty-first)
fรธrtiende (fourtieth)
femtiende (fiftieth)
sekstiende (sixtieth)
syttiende (seventieth)
รฅttiende (eightieth)
nittiende (ninetieth)
hundrede (hundreth)
When do we use ordinal numbers in Norwegian?
We usually use ordinal numbers in Norwegian for:
Dates
Han har bursdag femte juni (5. juni).
He has his birthday on June 5th.
You can also add the particle “den”:
Han har bursdag den femte juni (5. juni).
He has his birthday on June 5th.
When you say dates, you can also use ordinal numbers for the months:
femte i sjette
June 5th
Floors in buildings
Kontoret vรฅrt ligger i รฅttende etasje.
Our office is on the eighth floor.
Han bor i tredje etasje.
He lives on the third floor.
Order
Det er fรธrste gangen det har skjedd.
This is the first time it has happened.
Han kom pรฅ andreplass.
He ended up in second place.
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