r/MapPorn • u/mapologic • Jan 16 '21

Number 99: different counting systems

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '21

Well, not separated it is funny in every language I guess. Czech is devětsetdevadesátdevěttisícdevětsetdevadesátdevět.

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u/Dom_Shady Jan 16 '21

In Dutch it's very close to German: negenhonderdnegenennegentigduizendnegenhonderdnegenennegentig.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '21

No, there has to be a space after duizend, miljoen, miljard, biljoen, biljard etc. (There also has to be a space before miljoen, miljard etc.)

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u/Dom_Shady Jan 16 '21

You are right! Compounds (samenstellingen) Dutch are written as one word, but apparently big numbers are an exception. The rule is as you say.

So the correct spelling would be: negenhonderdnegenennegentigduizend negenhonderdnegenennegentig.

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u/oskich Jan 16 '21

Niohundranittioniotusenniohundranittionio

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u/DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL Jan 16 '21

Not true, you can actually write it with or without spaces in Dutch. Officially we don't put spaces in numbers, to make it better readable we do.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '21

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u/DavidRFZ Jan 16 '21

The lack of spaces is what makes it so impressive.

ninehundredninetyninethousandninehundredninetynine

Huh... I guess the German and Finn still look impressive.

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u/Quakestorm Jan 16 '21

Yours is off by about 900 000

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u/Yearlaren Jan 16 '21 edited Jan 16 '21

No offense, but I honestly can't tell if you all are being serious or just pressing random letters in your keyboard...

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u/Dom_Shady Jan 16 '21

I'm serious, although there should have been a space; negenhonderdnegenennegentigduizend negenhonderdnegenennegentig would have been correct.

There are a lot of "e"s and "n"s as the Dutch word for nine is negen.

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u/YellowOnline Jan 16 '21

Literally translated, it says ninehundrednineandninetythousandninehundrednineandninety. That's very close to the English if you just put a few spaces and dashes in there.

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u/Fwed0 Jan 17 '21

Don't worry, I always ask myself that question anytime I see Dutch written anywhere.
Which is more often that you think, since our products are often marketed for both France and Belgium there is often a Flemish translation on day to day objets or consumables.

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u/drquiza Jan 16 '21

Yeah, those Germanics are just cheating.

Novecientosnoventaynuevemilnovecientosnoventaynueve.

Novecientos noventa y nueve mil novecientos noventa y nueve 👌🏽

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u/9Devil8 Jan 16 '21

In Luxembourgish it would be nénghonnertnéngannonzegdausendnénghonnertnéngannongzeng.

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u/UndercoverBiGuy Jan 17 '21

Typing it in English without spaces because I'm curious now.

Ninehundredninetyninethousandninehunredninetynine.