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minus-squareLocoLobo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up1·4 months 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-up1·4 months 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.
minus-squareSockenklaus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoGerman’s my first language and I am kinda proficient in english but I never realized that the english numbers 13 to 19 work like like ours…
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.
German’s my first language and I am kinda proficient in english but I never realized that the english numbers 13 to 19 work like like ours…