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Aug 20 |
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Why are German numbers backwards? @userunknown Not saying that they exclusively used those measures, I'm saying thats how the multiplicative way of saying things could have manifested. Everything you quote is evidence for that. |
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Aug 15 |
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Why are German numbers backwards? I guess it's just a convention that proved practical over time. You must not forget that people didnt even use hundreds and thousands up until a few decades ago: 60 was five dozen, and 12 dozen was one gros, etc. and people always used the number upfront and the "unit" (dozen, gros, etc.) behind it. |
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Aug 15 |
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Why are German numbers backwards? @childno.de: no, I'm not saying it's unique to German, I'm saying that the hundreds (and thousands) work in a different way: you say the multiplier of the hundred (thousand) first, then the "base" (hundred or thousand), and that would confuse things if the "reverse" order is key. As in: 2300 (twenty-three hundred, multiplier upfront) vs. hundred twenty-three (multiplier at the back). And 2323 would be twenty-three and twenty-three hundred or twenty-three and hundred twenty-three. |
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Aug 14 |
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Why are German numbers backwards? I reckon it is because numbers >= 100 are subject to multiplication vier-hundert = 4 times hundred, and hence to avoid confusion with the additive way of saying things (104 would be vier-und-hundert) they need to be upfront |
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Aug 13 |
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Why are German numbers backwards? that legacy is also still visible in the -teens, thirteen = three and ten, fourteen = four and ten and so on |
