Russian Numbers: Count From 0 to 1000 With Audio

Numbers are one of the fastest, highest-value things to learn in Russian: a finite system you master once and use every single day for prices, times, dates and quantities. This guide gives you every number you need with accurate spelling, transliteration and audio you can hear right here.

Numbers 0 to 20

Start here. Zero through ten are the irreducible building blocks - learn them cold. Eleven through nineteen are formed regularly from a root plus the ending -надцать (literally an old form of on ten), so once you can hear the pattern they are easy: одиннадцать, двенадцать, тринадцать and so on up to девятнадцать. Twenty, двадцать, opens the next layer.

One small but important detail: один (one) and два (two) change form for gender. One is один (masculine), одна (feminine), одно (neuter); two is два (masculine and neuter) but две (feminine). Every other number from this list keeps a single form.

Numbers 0 to 20
Russian	Translit.	Meaning
ноль	nol	zero
один	odín	one (m.)
два	dva	two (m./n.)
три	tri	three
четыре	chetýre	four
пять	pyat	five
шесть	shest	six
семь	sem	seven
восемь	vósem	eight
девять	dévyat	nine
десять	désyat	ten
одиннадцать	odínnadtsat	eleven
двенадцать	dvenádtsat	twelve
тринадцать	trinádtsat	thirteen
четырнадцать	chetýrnadtsat	fourteen
пятнадцать	pyatnádtsat	fifteen
шестнадцать	shestnádtsat	sixteen
семнадцать	semnádtsat	seventeen
восемнадцать	vosemnádtsat	eighteen
девятнадцать	devyatnádtsat	nineteen
двадцать	dvádtsat	twenty

Tens up to 100

The tens are mostly built from the single digits. Note сорок (forty) and девяносто (ninety), which are special one-off words, and сто (one hundred), which is short and irregular. The middle tens (пятьдесят, шестьдесят, семьдесят, восемьдесят) are a digit fused with -десят, the genitive plural of ten.

To build a two-digit number you simply say the ten, then the unit, with no joining word: двадцать один (21), тридцать пять (35), девяносто девять (99). There is nothing extra to memorize once you know the tens and the units.

Tens up to 100
Russian	Translit.	Meaning
тридцать	trídtsat	thirty
сорок	sórok	forty
пятьдесят	pyatdesyát	fifty
шестьдесят	shestdesyát	sixty
семьдесят	sémdesyat	seventy
восемьдесят	vósemdesyat	eighty
девяносто	devyanósto	ninety
сто	sto	one hundred

Hundreds and thousands

The hundreds follow a clear pattern from сто: двести (200), триста (300), четыреста (400), then пятьсот, шестьсот, семьсот, восемьсот, девятьсот for 500-900. Тысяча is one thousand, and миллион is one million.

Larger numbers are read left to right just like English: тысяча девятьсот девяносто девять is 1999. The grammar of large numbers (which case the counted noun takes) gets intricate, but for reading and saying the number itself the system is fully regular.

Hundreds and thousands
Russian	Translit.	Meaning
двести	dvésti	two hundred
триста	trísta	three hundred
четыреста	chetýresta	four hundred
пятьсот	pyatsót	five hundred
тысяча	týsyacha	one thousand
миллион	millión	one million

Ordinal numbers (1st to 10th)

Ordinals (first, second, third) are adjectives, so they agree with their noun in gender, number and case - the forms below are the masculine singular. Most are regular, but первый (first), второй (second) and третий (third) are worth memorizing as a set since they appear constantly in dates and floors.

You will use ordinals for dates (первое января, the first of January), floors of a building, and ranking. As adjectives they behave exactly like the color and quality adjectives you meet elsewhere in the vocabulary cluster.

Ordinal numbers (1st to 10th)
Russian	Translit.	Meaning
первый	pérvyy	first
второй	vtoróy	second
третий	trétiy	third
четвёртый	chetvyórtyy	fourth
пятый	pyátyy	fifth
шестой	shestóy	sixth
седьмой	sedmóy	seventh
восьмой	vosmóy	eighth
девятый	devyátyy	ninth
десятый	desyátyy	tenth

How numbers agree with nouns (the short version)

Here is the one piece of number grammar worth previewing - just be aware it exists. After один the noun is singular (один стол). After два, три, четыре (and numbers ending in 2, 3, 4) the noun takes the genitive singular (два стола). After пять and above (and numbers ending in 5-0, plus 11-14) the noun takes the genitive plural (пять столов).

Caveat: this is a simplified preview, not the full rule, and cases interact with it. You do not need to master it to start counting. Learn the numbers first as vocabulary; when you are ready, our cases guide covers the genitive that this agreement relies on.

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FAQ

How do you count to ten in Russian?

Один (1), два (2), три (3), четыре (4), пять (5), шесть (6), семь (7), восемь (8), девять (9), десять (10). Zero is ноль. Each has audio on this page so you can hear the correct stress.

How do you say 100 and 1000 in Russian?

One hundred is сто (sto) and one thousand is тысяча (týsyacha). The hundreds in between are двести (200), триста (300), четыреста (400), then пятьсот through девятьсот for 500-900.

Do Russian numbers change form?

A few do. Один changes for gender (один/одна/одно) and два has a feminine form две. Ordinals (первый, второй) are adjectives and agree with their noun. Most cardinal numbers from three up keep a single form for basic counting.

Why does the noun after a number change?

Russian numbers govern the case of the noun they count: один takes a singular noun, два/три/четыре take the genitive singular, and пять and above take the genitive plural. It is a real rule but you can learn the numbers first and add the agreement later.

What is the easiest way to memorize Russian numbers?

Drill them with audio and spaced repetition rather than reading a list once. Learn 0-10 cold, then the -надцать pattern for 11-19, then the tens. Tap Add to your deck on the flashcards here to review them at the right intervals.

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