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Numbers and counting in Serbian

44 words in Serbian on the topic “numbers and counting”: један (jedan) — one, два (dva) — two, три (tri) — three, четири (četiri) — four. 44 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

44 words on the topic

  • један
    jedan
    one
    Changes with gender: jedan kafić, jedna kafa, jedno pivo. The word before your order always agrees with it.
  • два
    dva
    two
    Changes with gender: dva stola but dve kafe. From tri on, the number itself no longer changes.
  • три
    tri
    three
    After dva, tri and četiri the noun stands in a form of its own: tri sata, not tri sati. You will hear it constantly — in hours, days, years.
  • четири
    četiri
    four
    The last number with its own noun form: četiri dana. From pet onward the noun goes into the plural of-form: pet dana — literally "five of days".
  • пет
    pet
    five
    Sounds like the animal word "pet" — resist the association; the p is crisp and the e short. From here nouns count in the plural of-form.
  • шест
    šest
    six
    A sound cluster with three faces: šest is "six", šesti is "sixth", and sesti, with a plain s, is "to sit down". One letter apart, three words.
  • седам
    sedam
    seven
    Easier to anchor to sedmi, "seventh", than to English "seven" — the SE-dam rhythm is what you will actually hear.
  • осам
    osam
    eight
    Do not mix it up with osim — "except". One letter turns the number into a preposition: osim mleka — "except milk".
  • девет
    devet
    nine
    The ordinal is deveti. Devetsto is "nine hundred", but "ninety" is devedeset — the t quietly drops.
  • десет
    deset
    ten
    A family root: desetak means "about ten", decenija is "a decade". Ten minutes on foot: deset minuta peške.
  • килограм
    kilogram
    kilogram
    In speech usually just kilo: dva kila paradajza — "two kilos of tomatoes".
  • половина
    polovina
    half
    The short form pola is more frequent: pola kile, pola sata.
  • још један
    još jedan
    one more
    With feminine nouns: još jedna; neuter: još jedno. The order phrase that never stops being useful.
  • једанаест
    jedanaest
    eleven
    Built as "one on ten", and you can see both parts in the word. As after pet, the noun takes the plural of-form: jedanaest dinara.
  • дванаест
    dvanaest
    twelve
    A regular "two-plus-ten". From this number up, count nouns stay in the plural of-form: dvanaest jaja — literally "twelve of eggs".
  • тринаест
    trinaest
    thirteen
    Straight from tri with no changes. Numbers from eleven to nineteen never change their form, whatever case the neighboring words slide into.
  • четрнаест
    četrnaest
    fourteen
    From četiri with the i dropped: četrnaest. The r works as a vowel there — Serbian r can carry a whole syllable by itself.
  • петнаест
    petnaest
    fifteen
    A quarter of an hour is četvrt sata, but clocks and schedules just say the number: petnaest minuta. Minuta there is the plural of-form, not singular.
  • шеснаест
    šesnaest
    sixteen
    From šest with the t dropped: šesnaest. English "sixteen" keeps its t; Serbian does not — one of the small mismatches to memorize.
  • седамнаест
    sedamnaest
    seventeen
    From sedam, complete and unchanged. Ljudi ("people") after it is the plural of-form — and Serbian uses ljudi instead of "persons" for any count from five up.
  • осамнаест
    osamnaest
    eighteen
    From osam. Eighteen is the age of majority in Serbia — the word behind voting and getting a driving licence.
  • деветнаест
    devetnaest
    nineteen
    The last of the -naest family. The tens that follow are built differently, so this is the edge of the easy pattern.
  • двадесет
    dvadeset
    twenty
    Literally "two-ten". Units follow with no "and": dvadeset jedan, dvadeset pet. The noun form follows the last digit, not the whole number.
  • тридесет
    trideset
    thirty
    tri + deset, and the row continues transparently up to ninety. After any ten the noun goes into the plural of-form: trideset godina — "thirty of years".
  • четрдесет
    četrdeset
    forty
    Like četrnaest, it loses the i: četrdeset. There is no special word here — the row stays perfectly regular.
  • педесет
    pedeset
    fifty
    From pet with the t dropped: pedeset, not petdeset. The same simplification returns in šezdeset.
  • шездесет
    šezdeset
    sixty
    Spelled šezdeset, not šestdeset — the st simplifies and voices before d. Native speakers misspell it too, so do not despair.
  • седамдесет
    sedamdeset
    seventy
    Straight from sedam with nothing shaved off — unlike pedeset and šezdeset. "The seventies" is sedamdesete.
  • осамдесет
    osamdeset
    eighty
    From osam, untouched as well: osam + deset, nothing added or lost.
  • деведесет
    devedeset
    ninety
    From devet with the t dropped: devedeset. The word looks nothing like English "ninety" — just learn it as its own shape.
  • сто
    sto
    one hundred
    A perfect homonym of sto, "table": the noun declines — stola, stolu — while the number never bends. Two hundred and three hundred fuse solid: dvesta, trista.
  • хиљада
    hiljada
    thousand
    A feminine noun that behaves like one in counting: jedna hiljada, dve hiljade, pet hiljada. And after it another of-form: pet hiljada dinara — "five thousand of dinars".
  • милион
    milion
    million
    Masculine and declined like a noun: dva miliona, pet miliona. Spelled with one l — milion — however much your fingers want to double it.
  • нула
    nula
    zero
    Feminine and declined: ispod nule — "below zero". In scores you hear it after the number: dva-nula — "two-nil".
  • први
    prvi
    first
    Ordinals are full adjectives: prvi dan, prva nedelja, prvo mesto — they agree in gender and decline completely, unlike English "first".
  • други
    drugi
    second
    The same word means "other": drugi put is both "the second time" and "another time". Genders: druga, drugo.
  • трећи
    treći
    third
    The only ordinal with a soft ć: treći, treća, treće. After it the row turns regular — četvrti, peti, šesti.
  • последњи
    poslednji
    last
    A soft nj in the middle: poslednji, poslednja, poslednje. The partner of prvi — "final, the last one in the series".
  • колико
    koliko
    how many
    It never changes itself but demands the plural of-form after it: koliko ljudi — "how many people". The adjective koliki, "of what size", is a different word — do not cross them.
  • пар
    par
    pair
    A pair of shoes is par cipela; a married couple is also par. Not to be confused with pare — "money", an unrelated word.
  • комад
    komad
    item
    The same word as komad, "piece": a piece of bread and a piece of goods share it. In counting: pet komada — plural of-form again.
  • проценат
    procenat
    percent
    The fleeting a survives only in the base form: procenat, then dva procenta, pet procenata. Notices prefer odsto — same meaning, one word shorter.
  • сваки
    svaki
    every
    Agrees like an adjective: svaki dan, svaka nedelja, svako jutro. The noun after it is always singular — "every days" is impossible.
  • број
    broj
    number
    Also "number" as in broj telefona. From brojati, "to count".

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један (jedan) — one. Changes with gender: jedan kafić, jedna kafa, jedno pivo. The word before your order always agrees with it.

два (dva) — two. Changes with gender: dva stola but dve kafe. From tri on, the number itself no longer changes.

три (tri) — three. After dva, tri and četiri the noun stands in a form of its own: tri sata, not tri sati. You will hear it constantly — in hours, days, years.

четири (četiri) — four. The last number with its own noun form: četiri dana. From pet onward the noun goes into the plural of-form: pet dana — literally "five of days".

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How do you say “one” in Serbian?

«један» (jedan), read “jedan”. Changes with gender: jedan kafić, jedna kafa, jedno pivo. The word before your order always agrees with it. It is one of 44 words in the set “numbers and counting” — the rest are in the table above.

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