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Numbers and counting in Slovenian

57 words in Slovenian on the topic “numbers and counting”: ena — one, dva — two, tri — three, štiri — four. 57 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

57 words on the topic

  • ena
    one
    It agrees in gender: en kruh, "one loaf", but ena kava, "one coffee".
  • dva
    two
    After dva the dual switches on: dva kruha, dve kavi.
  • tri
    three
    After tri the noun goes to plain plural: tri kave. The dual belonged to dva alone.
  • štiri
    four
    š is "sh": shtee-ree
  • pet
    five
    With pet the "of what" form begins: pet kruhov, not pet kruhi.
  • šest
    six
    š is "sh": shehst
  • sedem
    seven
    Think "seventh" rather than "seven" — that makes it harder to confuse with osem, "eight".
  • osem
    eight
    Keep it apart from osemdeset (eighty) and osemsto (eight hundred). In the ordinal the e drops out: osmi.
  • devet
    nine
    The ordinal is deveti, the ten is devetdeset, the hundred is devetsto — a perfectly regular family.
  • deset
    ten
    The base of all the tens: dvajset, trideset, petdeset. The ordinal is deseti.
  • enajst
    eleven
    Grew out of ena na deset, "one onto ten". The noun after it takes the "of what" plural: enajst evrov.
  • dvanajst
    twelve
    Built on dva, but the dual is long over by here: two eggs are dve jajci, twelve eggs are dvanajst jajc.
  • trinajst
    thirteen
    From tri. The whole run up to nineteen is built the same way, and the numerals themselves never change their form.
  • štirinajst
    fourteen
    š is "sh", j is "y": shtee-ree-NIGHST
  • petnajst
    fifteen
    A quarter of an hour is četrt ure, but with clock time people just say the number: petnajst minut.
  • šestnajst
    sixteen
    From šest, and the t stays right where it is.
  • sedemnajst
    seventeen
    From sedem. The ljudi ("people") after it is "of what" plural — the same case you get after pet.
  • osemnajst
    eighteen
    At eighteen Slovenians get the right to vote and a driving licence.
  • devetnajst
    nineteen
    The last of the -najst numbers; after this come the tens in -deset, and those are built differently.
  • dvajset
    twenty
    Not dvadeset: the -de- contracted into -j-. Compounds are written back to front as one word — enaindvajset, literally "one-and-twenty".
  • trideset
    thirty
    Here -deset no longer contracts, unlike dvajset. Compounds run back to front again: petintrideset, "five-and-thirty".
  • štirideset
    forty
    š is "sh": SHTEE-ree-deh-set
  • petdeset
    fifty
    Written petdeset but said pedeset — the t drops between consonants. The same fate awaits šestdeset.
  • šestdeset
    sixty
    Written with a t, spoken without it — a rare case of spelling and speech drifting apart, and numbers are exactly that case.
  • sedemdeset
    seventy
    From sedem, and it reads exactly as written, unlike petdeset. The seventies are sedemdeseta leta.
  • osemdeset
    eighty
    From osem. The word does not begin the way you might expect, so do not be surprised if it takes a second to recognize.
  • devetdeset
    ninety
    Regular, straight from devet. In speech the t goes quiet: devedeset.
  • sto
    hundred
    No ena in front: a hundred is simply sto. Two and three hundred fold into one word — dvesto, tristo — then štiristo, petsto.
  • tisoč
    thousand
    č is "ch": TEE-sohch
  • milijon
    million
    Written with -ij-: milijon. It is a full masculine noun by now: dva milijona, pet milijonov.
  • nič
    zero
    The same word means "nothing": nič ne vidim, "I see nothing". The digit itself is ničla, and a score reads dve proti nič.
  • prvi
    first
    Ordinals agree in gender: prvi dan, prva ura, prvo mesto. They even have a dual: prva dneva.
  • drugi
    second
    The same word means "other": drugi dan is both "the second day" and "the next day". Feminine druga, neuter drugo.
  • tretji
    third
    A soft -j stem: tretji, tretja, tretje. After it the row turns regular — četrti, peti, šesti.
  • zadnji
    last
    Both "last" and "back": zadnja vrata is the back door. Its partner is prvi; "previous" is prejšnji.
  • koliko
    how much
    Unchanging itself, but it demands "of what" plural after it: koliko ljudi, koliko denarja. kolikšen is the adjective asking "of what size". For price: koliko stane.
  • par
    a couple of
    A pair of shoes is par čevljev, a married couple is par. But par dni in speech just means "a few days" — nobody counts two.
  • kos
    piece
    Kos is also "a piece" of something, and it also names the blackbird. On a bill: pet kosov, "of what" plural; dva kosa is the dual.
  • odstotek
    percent
    Literally "from the hundred". Watch the fleeting e: odstotek, but dva odstotka, pet odstotkov. You may hear procent in speech; documents write only odstotek.
  • vsak
    each
    Agrees like an adjective: vsak dan, vsaka ura, vsako jutro. The noun after it is always singular — even for two, the dual does not switch on.
  • dvesto
    two hundred
    One word, and the vowel shifts: not dva sto but dvesto, with the e of dve. After it the series runs regular: tristo, štiristo.
  • tristo
    three hundred
    Written as one word: tri plus sto. Bigger numbers stack back to front, like the tens: tristo dvaintrideset, "three hundred two-and-thirty".
  • štiristo
    four hundred
    š is "sh": SHTEE-ree-stoh
  • petsto
    five hundred
    From five hundreds on, just as after five, the noun slips into "of what" plural: petsto evrov, not evri.
  • šeststo
    six hundred
    š is "sh"; across the seam the s stretches long: SHES-STOH
  • sedemsto
    seven hundred
    Unlike sedemdeset, nothing drops out here: the whole sedem plus sto.
  • osemsto
    eight hundred
    No losses either: osem plus sto. Compare the ordinal osmi, where the e does drop.
  • devetsto
    nine hundred
    The last hundred before tisoč, "thousand". Years before 2000 are read exactly like this: tisoč devetsto devetdeset.
  • četrti
    fourth
    č is "ch": chuh-TUHR-tee
  • peti
    fifth
    Spelled exactly like the verb peti, "to sing" — agreement tells them apart: peti dan is day five, rad poje is "he loves to sing".
  • šesti
    sixth
    š is "sh": SHEH-stee
  • sedmi
    seventh
    Here the e drops: sedem, but sedmi. The same in osem becoming osmi — both ordinals are shorter than their numbers.
  • osmi
    eighth
    In dates the ordinal takes the "of what" form: osmega marca, "of the eighth of March". The day of the month is always given as an ordinal.
  • deveti
    ninth
    From devet with no losses. At the station the platform is named by ordinal: z devetega tira.
  • deseti
    tenth
    From deset. Beyond it the row assembles from the numeral the same way: enajsti, dvajseti, stoti.
  • stoti
    hundredth
    From sto. Keep it apart from fractions: a hundredth part is stotina, and the hundredth of a second on a stopwatch is stotinka.
  • število
    number
    š is "sh": shteh-VEE-loh

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What is worth knowing about these words

ena — one. It agrees in gender: en kruh, "one loaf", but ena kava, "one coffee".

dva — two. After dva the dual switches on: dva kruha, dve kavi.

tri — three. After tri the noun goes to plain plural: tri kave. The dual belonged to dva alone.

štiri — four. The last number before the switch to the "of what" form: štiri kave, but already pet kav.

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How to learn the set instead of just reading it

A price, the change, a house number, the time you agreed on, the floor. Numbers are the first thing you have to catch by ear — and the first thing people say fast.

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Frequently asked

How do you say “one” in Slovenian?

«ena». It agrees in gender: en kruh, "one loaf", but ena kava, "one coffee". It is one of 57 words in the set “numbers and counting” — the rest are in the table above.

How many numbers do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 57 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

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