Hundrede

Hundrede is the Danish word for the number 100. It functions as a cardinal numeral and is commonly used in everyday counting as well as in time and quantity expressions. In Danish, 100 is usually expressed as et hundrede. When forming larger numbers, multipliers are placed before hundrede: to hundrede for 200, tre hundrede for 300, nitten hundrede for 1900, and so on. The term also appears in compound phrases such as et hundrede år, meaning a hundred years.

Etymology and cognates: Hundrede is derived from the Old Danish form hundrede and is cognate with the English hundred and the German hundert. It reflects the common Germanic roots shared by many Nordic and continental European languages for the number 100.

Usage notes: In Danish, numbers from 100 to 999 are typically constructed by multiplying the base hundred by the multiplier, with the hundred component remaining doggedly recognizable as hundrede. For example, nitten hundrede equals 1900, while to tusind equals 2000. The word hundrede also forms part of the Danish term for a long span of time, århundrede, meaning a century.

See also: århundrede, the Danish term for a century. The concept of a hundred as a numerical unit is shared across Germanic languages, with corresponding terms in related languages.