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Lithuanian numbers: how to count from 0 to 100 and beyond
Counting to ten in Lithuanian goes vienas, du, trys, keturi, penki, šeši, septyni, aštuoni, devyni, dešimt. Zero is nulis. Every number on this page has an audio button, so you can hear it as you read.
The good news: once you know 1–10, most other numbers are built from them. The teens add -lika, the tens add -dešimt, and bigger numbers are simply said in a row, like in English.
The twist is that some Lithuanian numbers change with the noun they count (there are two words for two), and the noun after a number takes different forms. This guide covers the numbers, then how to use them with nouns, prices and the time.
Numbers 0–10
These ten words are the foundation for everything else, so they're worth learning by ear first.
1, 2 and 4–9 have a feminine form as well, used with feminine nouns. One is vienas or viena, two is du or dvi, and 4–9 swap the -i ending for -ios. Zero, three and ten stay the same for both.
| Number | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| 0, zero | nulis | nulis |
| 1, one | vienas | viena |
| 2, two | du | dvi |
| 3, three | trys | trys |
| 4, four | keturi | keturios |
| 5, five | penki | penkios |
| 6, six | šeši | šešios |
| 7, seven | septyni | septynios |
| 8, eight | aštuoni | aštuonios |
| 9, nine | devyni | devynios |
| 10, ten | dešimt | dešimt |
Numbers 11–19: the -lika pattern
The teens all end in -lika, much like English -teen. Most of them take the number's stem plus -olika: keturiolika (14), penkiolika (15), devyniolika (19).
The teens don't change for gender: penkiolika is the same with any noun.
- vienuolika11, eleven
- dvylika12, twelve
- trylika13, thirteen
- keturiolika14, fourteen
- penkiolika15, fifteen
- šešiolika16, sixteen
- septyniolika17, seventeen
- aštuoniolika18, eighteen
- devyniolika19, nineteen
The tens: dvidešimt, trisdešimt, keturiasdešimt…
Round tens end in -dešimt (ten), so dvidešimt is literally two tens. From 30 on, the number in front takes -is- or -ias-: trisdešimt (30), keturiasdešimt (40), penkiasdešimt (50). Like the teens, the tens don't change for gender.
- dvidešimt20, twenty
- trisdešimt30, thirty
- keturiasdešimt40, forty
- penkiasdešimt50, fifty
- šešiasdešimt60, sixty
- septyniasdešimt70, seventy
- aštuoniasdešimt80, eighty
- devyniasdešimt90, ninety
21–99, 100 and 1000
21–99 are said just as they're written: the ten, then the unit, with no and in between. So 21 is dvidešimt vienas, 22 is dvidešimt du, and 45 is keturiasdešimt penki. The unit still changes for gender, so 21 books is dvidešimt viena knyga.
100 is šimtas. It behaves like a noun, so the thing counted follows in the genitive plural: šimtas eurų (a hundred euros). For two hundred and more, šimtas becomes plural: du šimtai (200), trys šimtai (300).
1000 is tūkstantis, also a noun: tūkstantis žmonių (a thousand people). Lithuanian builds bigger numbers by stacking them in order: šimtas tūkstančių is a hundred thousand.
Numbers with nouns: vienas euras, du eurai, dešimt eurų
This is the part that surprises learners: the form of the noun depends on the number in front of it.
1 takes the singular: vienas euras (one euro), viena knyga (one book).
2–9 take the plural: du eurai, dvi knygos, penki eurai, penkios knygos. Euras is masculine, so it gets du and penki; knyga is feminine, so it gets dvi and penkios.
10–20 and the round tens (30, 40…) take the genitive plural, the form that means of euros: dešimt eurų, penkiolika minučių (fifteen minutes), dvidešimt knygų (twenty books).
From 21 on, the last word decides. Dvidešimt vienas euras (21 euros) has a singular noun because it ends in one; dvidešimt du eurai (22 euros) has a plural because it ends in two.
Age works the same way, with the word for years: Man dvidešimt metų. means I'm twenty (literally, to me twenty years).
- singularvienas eurasone euroviena knygaone book
- plural, du/dvi by genderdu euraitwo eurosdvi knygostwo books
- pluralpenki euraifive eurospenkios knygosfive books
- dešimt eurųten euros: genitive plural after 10–20 and round tens
Prices: Kiek kainuoja?
To ask a price, say Kiek kainuoja? (How much does it cost?), or name the thing: Kiek kainuoja kava? (How much is the coffee?).
A short answer is just the number and the currency, using the rules above: Dešimt eurų. (Ten euros.)
One small catch: after kainuoja the noun goes into the accusative, but the number still decides its form, just as above. Numbers ending in one take the singular: vieną eurą (one euro), dvidešimt vieną eurą (21 euros). Numbers ending in 2–9 take the plural: du eurus (two euros), dvidešimt du eurus (22 euros), and three becomes tris eurus. Only 10–19 and the round tens keep the genitive plural, which doesn't change: dešimt eurų, penkiolika eurų. Cents are centai: penkiasdešimt centų is fifty cents.
Telling the time: pirma valanda, pusė penkių
To ask the time, say Kiek valandų? (What time is it?).
Hours use ordinal numbers in the feminine (first, second, third…), because valanda (hour) is feminine. One o'clock is pirma valanda, and three o'clock is trečia valanda: Dabar trečia valanda means It's three o'clock now.
For half past, say pusė (half) and the next hour: pusė penkių is 4:30, literally half of five. So pusė trijų is 2:30, not 3:30, a classic trap for English speakers.
Tips
- Learn 1–10 by ear first, then the three short teens (vienuolika, dvylika, trylika). Everything else is built from those.
- Learn nouns with a number attached, as chunks like du eurai or dešimt eurų. The right ending will start to feel natural.
- Practice with prices around you: read every price tag in Lithuanian, in your head, when you shop.
- Remember that pusė looks forward: pusė penkių is half past four.
Questions
How do you count to 10 in Lithuanian?
vienas, du, trys, keturi, penki, šeši, septyni, aštuoni, devyni, dešimt. Zero is nulis.
Why are there two words for two (du and dvi)?
Lithuanian numbers 1, 2 and 4–9 agree with the gender of the noun. du goes with masculine nouns (du eurai, two euros) and dvi with feminine ones (dvi knygos, two books). One works the same way: vienas and viena.
How do you say 100 in Lithuanian?
100 is šimtas, and the noun after it goes in the genitive plural: šimtas eurų, a hundred euros. 1000 is tūkstantis.
How do you say prices in Lithuanian?
Ask Kiek kainuoja? (How much does it cost?). The answer is the number plus the currency in the right form, for example Dešimt eurų. (Ten euros.)
How do you tell the time in Lithuanian?
Ask Kiek valandų? Hours use feminine ordinals: pirma valanda is one o'clock and trečia valanda is three o'clock. Half past uses the next hour: pusė penkių is 4:30.