hûndert

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See also: hundert and Hundert

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian hunderd, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą + *radą (count).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

hûndert

  1. hundred

Usage notes[edit]

Unlike English, the word hûndert means "one hundred" by itself. Numbers such as two hundred and five hundred are twahûndert and fyfhûndert, respectively.

Further reading[edit]

  • hûndert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011