• LocoLobo@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

    Fun fact, english used to count the same way as german, and it still has the numbers in “reverse” from 13 to 19.

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      19 days ago

      Eleven and twelve kinda are as well. They literally mean “one left” (ain-lif) and “two left” (twa-lif) with the “over ten” being implied.