Unsplash: J. Schiemann
It’s been a wonderful and eventful day, but now you can’t sleep. What do you do for a living? You count soft fluffy sheep and hopefully you go to dreamland. A soft and fluffy sheep. Two fluffy and soft sheep. Three fluffy and soft sheep. Four fluffy and soft sheep. Five fluffy sheep. Six fluffy sheep. Seven fluffy sheep. Eight fluffy sheep. All this sheep counting should have you stretching your arms out and letting out a soft yawn. Yaaawwn. And you count sheep soft and fluffy again. Nine fluffy sheep. Ten fluffy sheep. Yawn. Eleven fluffy sheep. Yawn. Twelve fluffy sheep. Yawn. Thirteen fluffy sheep. Yawn. Yaaawwn. Go catch some Zs. Into the night.
Counting sheep is just one of many exercises that will help you drift off into a peaceful restful sleep. You can think of this simple and boring sleep tactic as your melatonin-free pill for sweet sleep. Also, you can count sheep in any language you want. You can count sheep in English, German or even Swedish. If you want to count your fluffy sheep in Swedish, here is your counting guide from 1 to 100.
- 0: zero (zero)
- 1: one (one) / one (one)
- 2: two (two)
- 3: three (three)
- 4: four (fierce)
- 5: five (five)
- 6: sex (sex)
- 7: sju (here) *think of this word as if you are blowing on something
- 8: eight (ohtah)
- 9: boy (neeyoo)
- 10: uncle (teoo)
- 11: river (river)
- 12: twelve (twelve)
- 13: thirteen (thirteen)
- 14: fourteen (fourteen)
- 15: fifteen (fifteen)
- 16: sexton (sacristan)
- 17: seventeen (herwton)
- 18: artón (artón)
- 19: nineteen (nineteen)
- 20: twenty (tschugo) / twenty (tschugi) / twenty (tschugeh)
- 21: twenty-one (tschugo one)
- 22: twenty-two (tschugo tvoo)
- 23: twenty three (tschugo three)
- 24: twenty-four (tschugo feera)
- 25: twenty five (tschugo five)
- 26: twenty-six (tschugo six)
- 27: twenty-seven (tschugo herewh)
- 28: twenty eight (tschugo ohtah)
- 29: twenty-nine (tschugo neeyoo)
- 30: trettio (treteeyoo) / Tretti (treti)
- 31: thirty-one (treteeyoo et)
- 32: trettiotvå (treteeyoo tvoo)
- 33: trettiotre (treteeyoo tre)
- 34: thirty-four (treteeyoo feera)
- 35: thirty-five (thirty-five)
- 36: trettiosex (treteeyoo sex)
- 37: trettiosju (treteeyoo here)
- 38: tretioåtta (treteeyoo ohtah)
- 39: trettionio (treteeyoo neeyoo)
- 40: forty (feerteeyoo)
- 41: fyrtioett (feerteeyoo et)
- 42: fyrtiotva
- 43: firtiotre
- 44: fyrtiofyra (fist to fist)
- 45: fyrtiofem (feerteeyoo fem)
- 46: fyrtiosex (feerteeyoo sex)
- 47: fyrtiosju (fyrteo here)
- 48: fyrtioåtta
- 49: ferdinand
- 50: fifty (femteeyoo) / fifty (femtee)
- 51: femtioett (femteeyoo et)
- 52: femtiotvå (femteeyoo tvoo)
- 53: fifty-three (five hundred three)
- 54: femtiofyra (femteeyoo feera)
- 55: femtiofem (femteeyoo fem)
- 56: femtiosex (femteeyoo sex)
- 57: femtiosju (femteeyoo here)
- 58: femtioåtta (femteeyoo ohtah)
- 59: femtion
- 60: sextio (sexteeyoo) / sexti (sexti)
- 61: sextioett (sexteeyoo et)
- 62: sextiotvå (sixty tvoo)
- 63: sextiotre (sexteeyoo tre)
- 64: sextiophyra (sexteeyoo feera)
- 65: sextiophem (sexteeyoo fem)
- 66: sextiosex (sixth sixth)
- 67: sexteeyoo (sexteeyoo here)
- 68: sextioåtta (sexteeyoo ohtah)
- 69: sextion
- 70: seventy (herehteeyoo) / seventy (herewhtee)
- 71: sjuttioett (here hteeyoo et)
- 72: sjuttiotvå (here hteyoo tvoo)
- 73: sjuttiotre (here, teeyoo tre)
- 74: sjuttiofyra (here whteyoo fera)
- 75: sjuttiofem (here teeyoo fem)
- 76: sjuttiosex (here, sex)
- 77: sjuttiosju (herehteeyoo here)
- 78: sjuttioåtta (here hteeyoo ohtah)
- 79: sjuttionio (here teeyoo neyyoo)
- 80: åttio (ohteeyoo) / åtti (ohtee)
- 81: ättioett (ohteeyoo et)
- 82: åttiotvå (ohteeyoo tvoo)
- 83: åttiotre (ohteeyoo tre)
- 84: åttiofyra (ohteeyoo feera)
- 85: åttiofem (ohteyoo fem)
- 86: åttiosex (oh teeyoo sex)
- 87: åttiosju (pronounced here)
- 88: åttioåtta (ohteeyoo ohtah)
- 89: action
- 90: nittio (neeteeyoo) / nittio (neetee)
- 91: nittioett (neeteeyoo et)
- 92: nittiotvå (neeteeo tvoo)
- 93: nittiotre (neeteeeoo tre)
- 94: nittiofyra (netheo feira)
- 95: nittiofem (neeteeyoo fem)
- 96: nittiosex (neeteeyoo sex)
- 97: nittiosju (neeteeyoo here)
- 98: nittioåtta (neeteeyoo ohtah)
- 99: nithionium (neeteeo neeoeo)
- 100: one hundred (one hundred)