hûndert

See also: hundert and Hundert

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhundət/

Numeral

hûndert

  1. hundred

Usage notes

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