neunundneunzigin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 九十九きゅうじゅうきゅう kyūjūkyū —
English ninety-nine /ˌnaɪn.ti ˈnaɪn/ —
French quatre-vingt-dix-neuf /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.diz.nœf/ —
Italian novantanove /no.van.taˈnɔː.ve/ —
Spanish noventa y nueve /noˈβen.ta i ˈnwe.βe/ —
Korean 구십구Hanja 九十九 gusipgu —
Chinese 九十九Same in traditional jiǔshíjiǔ —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • French (quatre-vingt-dix-neuf)Counted as four times twenty plus 10–19. Belgium and Switzerland use nonante instead.
  • Korean (구십구)For counting things and for age, the native Korean number 아흔아홉 is used.