This tool writes euro amounts as modern Greek words, the format required on cheques, invoices, and contracts to stop figures being altered. It spells the whole-euro part and the λεπτά (cents) separately, using the correct grammatical gender and the right plural and singular forms of the currency names.
How it works
Greek numerals are mostly invariable, but one, three, and four agree in gender. Since the currency word ευρώ is grammatically neuter, the converter uses the neuter forms ένα, τρία, τέσσερα. It builds each number from units (ένα … εννέα), tens (δέκα, είκοσι … ενενήντα) with the teen forms (έντεκα, δώδεκα …), hundreds (εκατό / εκατόν, διακόσια … εννιακόσια), thousands (χίλια, δύο χιλιάδες …) and millions. The word εκατό becomes εκατόν when a remainder follows, as in εκατόν είκοσι.
Currency grammar
The unit ευρώ never changes form, so it is the same after one or many. The subunit is λεπτό in the singular and λεπτά in the plural: ένα λεπτό, πενήντα έξι λεπτά. The two parts are joined with και (“and”), producing strings like χίλια διακόσια τριάντα τέσσερα ευρώ και πενήντα έξι λεπτά.
Example
Enter 1234.56. The whole part 1234 becomes χίλια διακόσια τριάντα τέσσερα, the cents 56 become πενήντα έξι λεπτά, giving the full reading χίλια διακόσια τριάντα τέσσερα ευρώ και πενήντα έξι λεπτά.