Here is an overview of ordinal numbers in Norwegian. Note that many of the ordinal numbers in Norwegian end with “ende.”
første (first)
andre/annen (second)
tredje (third)
fjerde (fourth)
femte (fifth)
sjette (sixth)
sjuende (seventh)
åttende (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)
tjueførste (twenty-first)
tjueandre (twenty-second)
tjuetredje (twenty-third)
tjuefjerde (twenty-fourth)
tjuefemte (twenty-fifth)
tjuesjette (twenty-sixth)
tjuesjuende (twenty-seventh)
tjueåttende (twenty-eighth)
tjueniende (twenty-ninth)
trettiende (thirtieth)
trettiførste (thirty-first)
førtiende (fourtieth)
femtiende (fiftieth)
sekstiende (sixtieth)
syttiende (seventieth)
åttiende (eightieth)
nittiende (ninetieth)
hundrede (hundreth)
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ToggleWhen 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 vårt ligger i åttende etasje.
Our office is on the eighth floor.
Han bor i tredje etasje.
He lives on the third floor.
Order
Det er første gangen det har skjedd.
This is the first time it has happened.
Han kom på andreplass.
He ended up in second place.