Impressive that Norway has bands of different ways to say 92!
Afaik, they've changed the official system from the "German" to the "Swedish" order after WW2, but it is still used by many in spoken language.
Are all German numbers like that?
Yes, Germans say numbers like that. (It only applies to the tens tho)
Roughly translated you'd say two-and-ninety (without the minus, I just made those so it doesn't look that cursed)
It's mainly because at least in German it flows better than ninety two would. There have been pushes to accept ninety two as well but acceptance has been and continues to be scarce.
(It only applies to the tens tho)
Tens, but also ten-thousands, ten-millions, ten-billions ... you get the gist.
some (very few, i think it's only the "teens") english numbers are like that, like seventeen (7+10) for example
Yes, and it's so annoying. I'm Austrian, a bit dyslexic, and sometime I just can't sevenandeighty sixandseventy.
I'll see you at twenty past nine
NL: oh you mean 10 before the half of 10
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