honderd

Honderd is the Dutch word for the number 100. It functions as a cardinal numeral and as a unit of quantity in counting and measurements. It is used in everyday language to specify ages, distances, prices, and other quantities, and it also appears in fixed phrases such as honderd procent or honderd kilometer.

Etymology and cognates: The word is cognate with German Hundert and English hundred, all deriving from Proto-Germanic roots shared across the Germanic language family. The term represents a historical concept of a hundred units and remains the standard Dutch term for the value 100.

Usage and formation in larger numbers: In Dutch, numbers in the hundreds are constructed by combining honderd with tens and units, and larger numbers are built with duizend for thousands (for example, tweehonderd for 200 and honderdduizend for 100,000). When referring to quantities around 100, the word honderd serves as the base, while the remainder is added in compound forms. It also functions as a determiner in phrases such as honderd mensen (one hundred people) or honderd kilometer (one hundred kilometers).

Cultural and practical notes: In daily use, honderd is commonly written as a single word in compounds and fixed expressions. In numerical notation, 100 can be written as the numeral 100. The term appears in a variety of idioms and measurements, and is often used in historical, statistical, and mathematical contexts to denote the base of the decimal system.