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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hunderd, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą + *radą (“count”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
hûndert
- hundred
Usage notes
Unlike English, the word hûndert means "one hundred" by itself. Numbers such as two hundred and five hundred are twahûndert and fyfhûndert, respectively.
Further reading
- “hûndert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011