Afrikaans Numbers

Afrikaans Numbers. 1 to 10 Learn

Learn the Afrikaans numbers from one to ten.

oneeen
twotwee
threedrie
fourvier
fivevyf
sixses
sevensewe
eightagt
ninenege
tentien

Afrikaans Numbers. 11 to 20 Learn

Learn the Afrikaans numbers from eleven to twenty.

elevenelf
twelvetwaalf
thirteendertien
fourteenveertien
fifteenvyftien
sixteensestien
seventeensewentien
eighteenagttien
nineteennegentien
twentytwintig

Afrikaans Numbers from 1-20 Learn

And now test yourself on the whole lot.

The numbers on this page are used for counting, e.g. one house, two dogs and three cats.


If you want to say first, second, third and so on, you must use eerste, tweede, derde.


The majority of these (up to twenty) are formed by adding de to the number used for counting.

There are a few exceptions - eerste (first), agste (eighth) and twintigste (twentyth)