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Gros |
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gross Hundert |
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2 |
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Hundert |
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— |
— |
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| Wall, ol |
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— |
— |
3 |
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— |
— |
2 |
— |
4 |
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1½ |
2 |
2½ |
3 |
— |
6 |
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| snese, | 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
— |
12 |
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gros Mandel |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
— |
— |
9 |
15 |
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— |
— |
— |
4 |
— |
— |
8 |
— |
16 |
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gros Dutzend |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
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Dutzend, dozen, dusin |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
5 |
— |
— |
10 |
12 |
20 |
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— |
— |
1½ |
— |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
— |
24 |
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| (pieces) | 10 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
40 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
120 |
144 |
240 |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | ring |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Gros; grosses Dutzend | Grosses Dutzend can also mean 13. |
| English | gross | |
| Danish | gros |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian | stort hundre | |
| English | long hundred, hundred | |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Hundert | |
| Danish | hundrede | |
| Swedish | hundra | |
| Dutch | hundred |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian | ol | For herring |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Schock | |
| Danish | skok | |
| Norwegian | skokk | |
| Swedish | skock | |
| Dutch | schok | |
| English | shock, threescore | The existence of two different words reflects the island's contact with different cultures. |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Zimmer | |
| Danish | timmer, tømmer, zimmer | Used for hides and pelts. |
| English | timber | May have been applied only to pelts. |
| Norwegian | simmer |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Stiege | |
| Danish | snees, snese | |
| Swedish | snes, tjog | |
| English | score | |
| French | vingtaine |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Mandel | |
| Danish | ||
| Swedish | ||
| English | ||
| French |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Dutzend | |
| Danish | dusin | |
| tylvt | Only for pieces of lumber. | |
| Norwegian | dusin | |
| tylft | ||
| Swedish | dussin, tolft | |
| English | dozen | |
| French | douzaine | |
| Dutch | dozyn |
| Language | Word | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| German | Decher | |
| Danish | degger, deger | Used for skins and hides. |
| Swedish | ||
| English | diker | |
| French | dizaine | |
| Dutch | dozyn | |
| Norwegian | deger, deker |
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