Our website uses cookies to provide you the best experience. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of cookies. For more information, read our Cookie Policy.
Customize Consent Preferences
We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.
The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ...
Always Active
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Cookie
AWSALBCORS
Duration
7 days
Description
Amazon Web Services set this cookie for load balancing.
Cookie
opt_out
Duration
1 year
Description
This cookie is used for preventing the installation of third party advertiser or other cookies on the browser.
Cookie
wt_consent
Duration
1 year
Description
Used for remembering usersโ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site.
Cookie
wpEmojiSettingsSupports
Duration
session
Description
WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly.
Cookie
__cf_bm
Duration
1 hour
Description
This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
Cookie
_cfuvid
Duration
session
Description
Calendly sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services
Cookie
__cfruid
Duration
session
Description
Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic.
Cookie
m
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Stripe sets this cookie for fraud prevention purposes. It identifies the device used to access the website, allowing the website to be formatted accordingly.
Cookie
__stripe_mid
Duration
1 year
Description
Stripe sets this cookie to process payments.
Cookie
__stripe_sid
Duration
1 hour
Description
Stripe sets this cookie to process payments.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Cookie
player
Duration
1 year
Description
Vimeo uses this cookie to save the user's preferences when playing embedded videos from Vimeo.
Cookie
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Duration
never
Description
The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Cookie
_ga_*
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
Cookie
_ga
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
Cookie
_gcl_au
Duration
3 months
Description
Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
Cookie
MR
Duration
7 days
Description
This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes.
Cookie
_fbp
Duration
3 months
Description
Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.
Cookie
cppro-ft
Duration
1 year
Description
This cookie is provided by Convert Pro and used to track how a user has behaved on your website or a call-to-action.
Cookie
cppro-ft-style
Duration
session
Description
This cookie is provided by Convert Pro and used to track how a user has behaved on your website or a call-to-action.
Cookie
cppro-ft-style-temp
Duration
1 day
Description
This cookie is provided by Convert Pro and used to track how a user has behaved on your website or a call-to-action.
Cookie
_hjSessionUser_*
Duration
1 year
Description
Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.
Cookie
_hjSession_*
Duration
1 hour
Description
Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.
Cookie
ajs_group_id
Duration
never
Description
This cookie is set by Segment to track visitor usage and events within the website.
Cookie
ajs_user_id
Duration
never
Description
This cookie is set by Segment to help track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and also measure application performance and stability.
Cookie
ajs_anonymous_id
Duration
never
Description
This cookie is set by Segment to count the number of people who visit a certain site by tracking if they have visited before.
Cookie
cf:aff_sub2
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie as part of an affiliate program to track referrals.
Cookie
cf:aff_sub3
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie as part of an affiliate program to track referrals.
Cookie
cf:aff_sub
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie as part of an affiliate program to track referrals.
Cookie
cf:affiliate_id
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie as part of an affiliate program to track referrals.
Cookie
cf:cf_affiliate_id
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie as part of an affiliate program to track referrals.
Cookie
cf:content
Duration
1 year
Description
Internal tracking cookie, set by ClickFunnels, to track a user's movement through the site.
Cookie
cf:medium
Duration
1 year
Description
Internal tracking cookie, set by ClickFunnels, to track a user's movement through the site.
Cookie
cf:name
Duration
1 year
Description
Internal tracking cookie, set by ClickFunnels, to track a user's movement through the site.
Cookie
cf:source
Duration
1 year
Description
Internal tracking cookie, set by ClickFunnels, to track a user's movement through the site.
Cookie
cf:term
Duration
1 year
Description
Internal tracking cookie, set by ClickFunnels, to track a user's movement through the site.
Cookie
cf:visitor_id
Duration
1 year
Description
ClickFunnels sets this cookie to assign a unique visitor ID to each visitor, to ensure the accurate tracking of unique visitors.
Cookie
vuid
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Cookie
AWSALB
Duration
7 days
Description
AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target.
Cookie
sync_active
Duration
never
Description
This cookie is set by Vimeo and contains data on the visitor's video-content preferences, so that the website remembers parameters such as preferred volume or video quality.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Cookie
uuid2
Duration
3 months
Description
The uuid2 cookie is set by AppNexus and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment.
Cookie
MUID
Duration
1 year 24 days
Description
Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations.
Cookie
ayl_visitor
Duration
1 month
Description
This cookie is set by omnitagjs. This cookie stores the data of the visitor, this collected information is used to show relevant advertisements to the user based on user interest.
Cookie
CMID
Duration
1 year
Description
Casale Media sets this cookie to collect information on user behaviour for targeted advertising.
Cookie
CMPS
Duration
3 months
Description
CasaleMedia sets CMPS cookie for anonymous user tracking based on users' website visits to display targeted ads.
Cookie
CMPRO
Duration
3 months
Description
CasaleMedia sets CMPRO cookie for anonymous usage tracking and targeted advertising.
Cookie
mv_tokens
Duration
14 days
Description
Mediavine Exchange sets this cookie to create a unique ID for the visitor, allowing third-party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisements.
Cookie
anj
Duration
3 months
Description
AppNexus sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners.
Cookie
test_cookie
Duration
15 minutes
Description
doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
Cookie
YSC
Duration
session
Description
Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
Cookie
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Duration
6 months
Description
YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
Cookie
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Duration
6 months
Description
YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.
Cookie
yt.innertube::nextId
Duration
never
Description
YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Cookie
yt.innertube::requests
Duration
never
Description
YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Cookie
IDE
Duration
1 year 24 days 1 minute
Description
Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile.
Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet.
Cookie
_seg_uid_15816
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
_seg_uid
Duration
1 year
Description
No description available.
Cookie
_seg_visitor_15816
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
_na
Duration
session
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
XANDR_PANID
Duration
3 months
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
receive-cookie-deprecation
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
visitor-id
Duration
1 year
Description
No description available.
Cookie
data-c-ts
Duration
1 month
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
data-c
Duration
1 month
Description
No description available.
Cookie
criteo
Duration
1 month
Description
No description available.
Cookie
mv_tokens_eu-v1
Duration
14 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
am_tokens
Duration
14 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
am_tokens_eu-v1
Duration
14 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
niva
Duration
14 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
tvid
Duration
1 year
Description
No description available.
Cookie
tv_UICR
Duration
1 month
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
tld
Duration
session
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
SOC
Duration
1 year 1 month 4 days
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
debug
Duration
never
Description
No description available.
Cookie
addevent_track_cookie
Duration
1 year
Description
This cookie is used for adding events to the visitor's calender by the website.
Cookie
cf:NTU5MTA5ODQ
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
wcc_bypass
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
is_eu
Duration
session
Description
No description available.
Cookie
rw22m8zzb9zlaysv
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
6631582_viewed_1
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
seg_domain_test
Duration
session
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
cf:ODQ1NzM2OA
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
mmyflrrr10oxpwx8
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
2441741_viewed_1
Duration
1 year
Description
Description is currently not available.
Cookie
__cflb
Duration
1 hour
Description
This cookie is used by Cloudflare for load balancing.
Cookie
hmt_id
Duration
1 month
Description
Description is currently not available.
Start learning a new language today with a 7-day free trial
Danish Numbers: How To Count & Talk About Numbers In Danish
by Olly Richards
If you're learning Danish, there are no two ways about it โ you need to learn Danish numbers.
When setting out to learn a new language, the basic numbers are usually one of the first things on the syllabus. And for good reasons.
The good news is, if you know your English numbers, the Danish ones wonโt make you feel like youโve landed on another planet. So let's get you counting in Danish fast!
Pro Tip
By the way, if you want to learn Danish by reading, my top recommendation is Danish Uncovered which teaches you through StoryLearningยฎ.
With Danish Uncovered youโll use my unique StoryLearningยฎ method to learn Danish through storyโฆnot rules. Itโs as fun as it is effective. If youโre ready to get started, click here for a 7-day FREE trial.
Table of Contents
Danish Numbers 0 โ 10
Knowing the words for numbers from 0 to 10 is not only a very practical ability in itself, it will also help you lots when learning other uses of the numerical system.
So, letโs not waste time before you get to practise the numbers 0 to 10. If you're familiar with English numbers, most of them will surely ring a bell. Remember, we are specimen from the same linguistic apple tree, so it really isnโt that hard.
But here goes:
0
null
1
en
2
to
3
tre
4
fire
5
fem
6
seks
7
syv
8
otte
9
ni
10
ti
Danish numbers 0-10
These are by far the most important cardinal numbers. The best way to get familiar with them is simply to practise. And never worry if your Danish pronunciation isnโt perfect. Because it isnโt, and no-one expects it to be.
Actually, they're pronounced very differently, depending on which Danish dialect youโre listening to.
Thanks to these Danish numbers, youโll most likely be able to order the right number of drinks in the bar or tickets for the exhibition.
Unless, of course, you are part of a slightly larger group, which brings me to the next set of Danish numbers.
Danish Numbers 11 โ 20
So how about we expand the numbers in Danish a bit, to include the special ones between ten and twenty?
Again, they probably wonโt sound very outlandish to you:
11
elleve
12
tolv
13
tretten
14
fjorten
15
femten
16
seksten
17
sytten
18
atten
19
nitten
Danish numbers 11-20
Like in English, 11 and 12 are the odd ones out, as they do not follow the pattern of the โteenโ numbers. The rest simply follow the familiar system of naming the base number (or sometimes a variation of it), and then adding โteenโ/โtenโ.
Hopefully, youโve come this far without too much trouble. With these Danish numbers, you can easily handle most everyday conversations youโre likely to run into.
Danish Numbers: The Tens
However, sooner or later you'll need to expand further, and handle numbers above twenty. You may have heard that the Danish number system is both difficult and vigesimal. Letโs get that cleared from the start: it is neither.
What is true, however, is that some of the tens are formed in a different way that an English speaker is used to.
Letโs have a look:
20
tyve
30
tredive
40
fyrre
50
halvtreds
60
tres
70
halvfjerds
80
firs
90
halvfems
100
hundrede
1000
tusind
Danish numbers: tens
When people speak of Danish numbers being vigesimal, itโs because of the tens from 50 to 90. And their names are indeed based on the number 20.
The thing is, halvfjerds, for example, is a short form of the old Danish halv fire sinds tyve โ which translates to โhalf three times twentyโ, with โhalf threeโ meaning 2 and a half. Likewise, tres simply means โthree times twentyโ. Is it starting to make sense?
Anyway, you donโt need to worry too much about it, many Danes are not even aware of it. As long as you know the names of the tens, youโll be fine.
Danish Numbers: Counting To 1000 And Beyond
With this, you're now able to count to a thousand, and more. Since the Danish number system is, in fact, decimal, you simply add the ones, to the tens.
This way, 22 is toogtyve โ โtwo and twentyโ, and 98 is otteoghalvfems โ โeight and ninetyโ โ just about the reverse of English.
You wonโt find anything like e.g. the French quatre-vingt-seize in Danish. It is a decimal numerical system, so no worries!
Iโll mention a few more examples, just to get you going:
69 โ niogtres
418 โ firehundredeatten
8670 โ ottetusindesekshundredehalvfjerds
Should some of this slip your mind in the heat of the moment, you will be understood if you use the simpler forms femti (five ten) for 50, and tretisyv (three ten seven) for 37.
The Swedes, among others, use this system. And it's actually how it is formally written in the financial world.
Itโs likely not too often that you will need to go beyond the thousands. But in case you do, here is the quick version, because there actually is a catch, a so-called false friend:
One million (en million)
One billion (en milliard [this is the catch])
One trillion (en billion [catch continuesโฆ])
And so, there's a continuous difference in the names of the higher numbers in Danish. But unless you are an advanced astronomer or mathematician, you hardly need to worry about it.
It's not clear how this discrepancy started, but I'm sure scientists have worked out some way to go about it. So, letโs leave the cardinal numbers at that, shall we?
Because there are plenty more things to consider with Danish numbers, like telling the time!
Telling The Time In Danish
The Danes donโt make use of the AM/PM distinction. Where the English clock is kind of reset at noon, the Danish clock simply continues.
This means that 2 oโclock in the afternoon is 14, 7 in the evening is 19, and 11 at night is 23. You'll see these numbers on time tables for trains, busses and on TV programmes.
However, in day-to-day conversation, the 24-hour system is considered rigid and formal. Normally, context will make it obvious what part of the day youโre talking about. So, if youโre invited for dinner at 7, most Danes will say klokken 7.
Also, imagine a text going something like: It was a dark and stormy night, pale moon beams casting eerie shadows on the old village clock. It was 11 :45 PM. Of course not, it was a quarter to midnight!
As for times between whole hours, you will hardly be surprised there either, so long as you remember that halv (half) means half an hour before. Letโs have a look at a few illustrative examples:
English
Formal Danish
Informal Danish
9:50 AM
9 :50
Ti minutter i ti
1:15 PM
13 :15
Kvart over et
4:30 PM
16 :30
Halv fem
8:17 PM
20:17
Sytten minutter over otte
0:40 AM
00 :07
Tyve minutter i et
Once you're comfortable with these, you can combine your way to any time of the day, in both formal and everyday Danish.
Danish also makes use of the broader time indications like morning, afternoon, evening and night. The Danish terms are morgen, eftermiddag, aften and nat, respectively.
Some Danes, though, prefer to reserve the word morgen for the earlier hours of the morning, and use the word formiddag, literally โpre-noonโ, for the hours leading up to noon.
Plus, Danes tend to be a bit more rigid, or consistent if you like, when it comes to the evening/night distinction. This means that Fredag nat, Friday night, is the time after midnight, whereas 11 PM on a Friday is still Fredag aften, Friday evening.
The Price Tag And Punctuation In Danish Numbers
The name of the Danish currency is kroner, crowns. One krone can be divided into 100 รธre, a word derived from Latin aureus, which roughly translates as โgold coinโ. The lowest Danish coin is the 50 รธre coin.
However, much to the annoyance of many Danes, you will see many prices tags with numbers that can't be paid for with coins. Signs stating prices like 17,25, or 39,82, and especially 199,95 or 49,95 will meet you everywhere.
These are then, of course, rounded up or down to the nearest half or whole crown, if you pay with cash. If you pay by card, the exact amount, unrounded, will be debited from your account.
But how are they pronounced? Most likely, the person at checkout will say the rounded version, which will make it more readily understandable to the non-Danish speaker.
So when spoken out loud, prices will sound like this in the unrounded and rounded version:
Price
Unrounded
Rounded
17,75 kr.
Sytten femoghalvfjerds
Atten
59,10 kr.
Nioghalvtreds ti
Ni og halvtreds
99,95 kr.
Nioghalvfems femoghalvfems
Hundrede
420,50 kr.
Firehundredetyve en halv
Firehundredetyve en halv
1342,60 kr.
Trettenhundredetoogfyrre tres
Trettenhundredetoogfyrre en halv
Danish numbers: saying and understanding prices in Danish
At a glance, this may look a bit bewildering, I know. But look again, and you will see the system behind the numbers.
Remember this is speech, and some of the Danish numbers are very long. Itโs like this in most languages including English; when spelled out, higher numbers can look really overwhelming.
That shouldnโt scare you. The price will appear in numbers on the display at checkout, making it a lot easier for us all.
Another important feature of Danish numbers can be seen in the first of the columns. Namely the use of โ,โ as opposed to โ.โ.
In short, commas and points in numbers are used in Denmark, as in most other European countries, exactly opposite of how they are used in the English-speaking world.
So, where the English use a point to separate the whole numbers from decimals, Danes use a comma. And in turn, Danes help the reader through larger numbers with a point, and the English use a comma for this.
The following simple examples should make this clear:
English
Danish
1,280.05
1.280,05
423,000.95
423.000,95
4,889,112.50
4.889.112,50
Punctuation in Danish numbers
While this may cause a slight confusion the first time you see it, youโll get used to it in no time. If you continue to get it mixed up, just pretend itโs opposite day!
I Lost My Number, Can I Borrow Yours? Danish Phone Numbers
No, this is not a list of the tackiest pickup lines ever. For a number (sorry!) of reasons, different languages and countries have different traditions for saying your telephone number.
Some divide them into sets of 3 digits, but in Denmark it is customary to divide them into sets of 2 digits. This does not seem unintuitive, as most Danish telephone numbers consist of 8 digits, without the international call code.
This leads us to this way of presenting your number in speech:
In case your number has an uneven number of digits, I suggest you use the same pattern and the just say the last digit as a single on, like Toogtyve โ treogtres โ atten โ syv.
Danish Ordinal Numbers
You've come a long way on this trip through the Danish number system. So, to wrap things up, letโs have a brief view over the Danish ordinals.
The rule of thumb here is that in Danish, ordinals are written by simply adding a point after the number, so that 23rd is written 23., and this goes all the way from one to billions.
For example, October 17th, would be 17. October. In spoken language, however, things are a bit less simple, at least till you get to 13. At 13 and onwards, simply add the suffix -ende, like you would โthโ in English.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, but the following should meet close to all of your needs:
English
Danish
First
Fรธrste
Second
Anden
Third
Tredje
Fourth
Fjerde
Fifth
Femte
Sixth
Sjette
Seventh
Syvende
Eighth
Ottende
Ninth
Niende
Tenth
Tiende
Eleventh
Ellevte
Twelfth
Tolvte
Thirteenth
Trettende
Eighty-fourth
Otteogfirsende
Hundred and seventy-fifth
Hundredogfemoghalvfjerdsende
Thousand and second
Tusindeoganden
Danish ordinal numbers
For phonetic reasons, things are a bit different between 30 and 60. In fact, many native Danes are not comfortable with them, and tend to restructure sentences, so as to avoid those particular ordinals. With the above, you really do have all the ones you need.
FAQs About Danish Numbers
What are the numbers 1 to 20 in Danish?
0 โ null 1 โ en 2 โ to 3 โ tre 4 โ fire 5 โ fem 6 โ seks 7 โ syv 8 โ otte 9 โ ni 10 โ ti 11 โ elleve 12 โ tolv 13 โ tretten 14 โ fjorten 15 โ femten 16 โ seksten 17 โ sytten 18 โ atten 19 โ nitten 20 โ tyve
What is the logic behind Danish numbers?
The Danish number system is fairly similar to the English one, and you'll certainly notice some similarities in the Danish numbers 1-20. However, sooner or later you'll need to expand further, and handle numbers above twenty.
You may have heard that the Danish numeric system is both difficult and vigesimal. Letโs get that cleared from the start: it is neither. What is true, however, is that some of the tens are formed in a different way that an English speaker is used to.
When people speak of Danish numbers being vigesimal, itโs because of the tens from 50 to 90. And their names are indeed based on the number 20.
The thing is, halvfjerds, for example, is a short form of the old Danish halv fire sinds tyve โ which translates to โhalf three times twentyโ, with โhalf threeโ meaning 2 and a half. Likewise, tres simply means โthree times twentyโ. Is it starting to make sense?
Anyway, you donโt need to worry too much about it, many Danes are not even aware of it. As long as you know the names of the tens, youโll be fine.
Since the Danish numerical system is, in fact, decimal, to count in Danish you simply add the ones, to the tens.
This way, 22 is toogtyve โ โtwo and twentyโ, and 98 is otteoghalvfems โ โeight and ninetyโ โ just about the reverse of English.
You wonโt find anything like e.g. the French quatre-vingt-seize in Danish. It is a decimal numerical system, so no worries! Iโll mention a few more examples, just to get you going:
Should some of this slip your mind in the heat of the moment, you will be understood if you use the simpler forms femti (five ten) for 50, and tretisyv (three ten seven) for 37.
How do they say 90 in Denmark?
In Danish, the number 90 is halvfems.
How do you count 1 to 10 in Danish?
0 โ null 1 โ en 2 โ to 3 โ tre 4 โ fire 5 โ fem 6 โ seks 7 โ syv 8 โ otte 9 โ ni 10 โ ti
Danish Numbers: Make Them Count!
As always, donโt be afraid to experiment with numbers in Danish, they really aren't that difficult. No-one expects perfection, and using and practising is the fast lane to mastering a new language.
As you read, you'll come across Danish numbers again and again. And that way, you'll master them in no time!
FREE StoryLearning Kit!
Join my email newsletter and get FREE access to your StoryLearning Kit โ discover how to learn languages through the power of story!
Olly Richards
Creator of the StoryLearningยฎ Method
Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearningยฎ method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.
Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.
When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preachesโhe speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Latin?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Norwegian?
Download Your Free StoryLearningยฎ Kit!
Discover the world famous story-based method that 1,023,037 people have used to learn a language quicklyโฆ
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Swedish?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Danish?
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Arabic?
FREE StoryLearning Kit!
Join my email newsletter and get FREE access to your StoryLearning Kit โ discover how to learn languages through the power of story!
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download a FREE Story in Japanese!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in Japanese and start learning Japanese quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in Japanese?
Download Your FREENatural Japanese Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural Japanese Grammar Pack and learn to internalise Japanese grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in Japanese?
What is your current level in Portuguese?
What is your current level in German?
Train as an Online Language Teacher and Earn from Home
The next cohort of my Certificate of Online Language Teaching will open soon. Join the waiting list, and weโll notify you as soon as enrolment is open!
Train as an Online Language Teacher and Earn from Home
The next cohort of my Certificate of Online Language Teaching will open soon. Join the waiting list, and weโll notify you as soon as enrolment is open!
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
Loadingโฆ
What is your current level in Portuguese?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Portuguese?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Turkish?
What is your current level in French?
What is your current level in Italian?
What is your current level in German?
What is your current level in Japanese?
Download Your FREEJapanese Vocab Power Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Japanese Vocab Power Pack and learn essential Japanese words and phrases quickly and naturally. (ALL levels!)
What is your current level in Japanese?
Download Your FREE German Vocab Power Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my German Vocab Power Pack and learn essential German words and phrases quickly and naturally. (ALL levels!)
What is your current level in German?
Download Your FREE Italian Vocab Power Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Italian Vocab Power Pack and learn essential Italian words and phrases quickly and naturally. (ALL levels!)
What is your current level in Italian?
Download Your FREEFrench Vocab Power Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my French Vocab Power Pack and learn essential French words and phrases quickly and naturally. (ALL levels!)
What is your current level in French?
What is your current level in Portuguese?
What is your current level in Russian?
What is your current level in Russian?
What is your current level in Italian?
What is your current level in Italian?
What is your current level in French?
What is your current level in French?
What is your current level in Spanish?
What is your current level in Spanish?
What is your current level in Spanish?
What is your current level in Arabic?
What is your current level in Portuguese?
What is your current level in Turkish?
What is your current level in Korean?
What is your current level in Russian?
What is your current level in Japanese?
What is your current level in Chinese?
What is your current level in Spanish?
What is your current level in Italian?
What is your current level in French?
What is your current level in German?
Download Your FREENatural Portuguese Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural Portuguese Grammar Pack and learn to internalise Portuguese grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in Portuguese?
Download Your FREENatural Russian Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural Russian Grammar Pack and learn to internalise Russian grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in Russian?
Download Your FREENatural German Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural German Grammar Pack and learn to internalise German grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in German?
Download Your FREENatural French Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural French Grammar Pack and learn to internalise French grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in French?
Download Your FREENatural Italian Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural Italian Grammar Pack and learn to internalise Italian grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in Italian?
Download a FREE Story in Portuguese!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in Brazilian Portuguese and start learning Portuguese quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in Portuguese?
Download a FREE Story in Russian!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in Russian and start learning Russian quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in Russian?
Download a FREE Story in German!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in German and start learning German quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in German?
Download a FREE Story in Italian!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in Italian and start learning Italian quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in Italian?
Download a FREE Story in French!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in French and start learning French quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in French?
Download a FREE Story in Spanish!
Enter your email address below to get a FREE short story in Spanish and start learning Spanish quickly and naturally with my StoryLearningยฎ method!
What is your current level in Spanish?
FREE Download:
The Rules of Language Learning
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Rules of Language Learning and discover 25 โrulesโ to learn a new language quickly and naturally through stories.
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download Your FREESpanish Vocab Power Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Spanish Vocab Power Pack and learn essential Spanish words and phrases quickly and naturally. (ALL levels!)
What is your current level in Spanish?
Download Your FREENatural Spanish Grammar Pack
Enter your email address below to get free access to my Natural Spanish Grammar Pack and learn to internalise Spanish grammar quickly and naturally through stories.
What is your current level in Spanish?
Free Step-By-Step Guide:
How to generate a full-time income from home with your Englishโฆ even with ZERO previous teaching experience.
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Thai?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Spanish?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Cantonese?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Russian?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Korean?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Japanese?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Italian?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in German?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in French?
Steal My Method?
Iโve written some simple emails explaining the techniques Iโve used to learn 8 languagesโฆ
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
I want to be skipped!
Join 84,574 other language learners getting StoryLearning tips by emailโฆ
โAfter I started to use your ideas, I learn better, for longer, with more passion. Thanks for the life-change!โ โ Dallas Nesbit
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Download this article as a FREE PDF?
What is your current level in Chinese?
Which language are you learning?
What is your current level in [language]?
Find The Perfect Language Course For You!
Looking for a breakthrough in your language learning?
Complete this short survey to find the perfect course for you!