Category: Numbers & TimePart of speech: numeralDifficulty: Common

Fire

/Fire/Roman

English meaning: Four

Definition

The number four.

Example

“Året har fire årstider.”

In English: “The year has four seasons.”

Another example: “Familien har fire børn.”

Usage — When, Where & How

The number four, used in counting and time. Note the spelling 'fire' is identical to the unrelated verb-like noun usage, but as a numeral it is purely quantitative.

Common Collocations

  • fire gange
  • alle fire
  • klokken fire
  • på alle fire
  • fire stykker

Word Forms

numeral fire; ordinal fjerde

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