"no" banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agoSomething's rotten in Denmarklemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageSomething's rotten in Denmarklemmy.world"no" banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareLocoLobo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up1·19 days agoFun fact, english used to count the same way as german, and it still has the numbers in “reverse” from 13 to 19.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoEleven and twelve kinda are as well. They literally mean “one left” (ain-lif) and “two left” (twa-lif) with the “over ten” being implied.
Fun fact, english used to count the same way as german, and it still has the numbers in “reverse” from 13 to 19.
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.