Numbers help with prices, ages, addresses and timetables. Learn small groups aloud and then use them in real questions instead of only counting upward.
The idea
From 21 to 99, many German numbers put the unit before the ten: ein-und-zwanzig, zwei-und-dreißig. They are normally written as one word. Watch the shortened forms sechzehn and siebzehn and the spelling dreißig. Eins becomes ein inside einundzwanzig. For prices, practise both hearing a number and pointing to the correct written digits.
| Zahl | Wort |
|---|---|
| 0 | null |
| 1 | eins |
| 12 | zwölf |
| 16 | sechzehn |
| 17 | siebzehn |
| 20 | zwanzig |
| 21 | einundzwanzig |
| 30 | dreißig |
| 100 | hundert |
Describe a fictional survey, compare shares and distinguish percentage points from relative percentages. In dieser erfundenen Umfrage wurden hundert Lernende befragt. — One hundred learners were surveyed in this fictional survey. Describing charts in German
Examples
- Das kostet drei Euro.
- Ich bin einundzwanzig Jahre alt.
- Wir brauchen zweiunddreißig Karten.
- Der Bus hat die Nummer sechzehn.
- Das Buch kostet siebzehn Euro.
- Hundert Menschen warten.
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Watch out
Do not reverse the digits because the spoken order feels unfamiliar. Zweiunddreißig is 32, not 23.
Try it yourself
21 = ___
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einundzwanzig
The unit comes first: ein plus und plus zwanzig gives einundzwanzig.
32 = ___
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zweiunddreißig
Zwei plus und plus dreißig gives zweiunddreißig.
17 = ___
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siebzehn
Seventeen uses the shortened stem sieb-: siebzehn.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
21 = ___
32 = ___
17 = ___
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write five prices under one hundred. Read them aloud in a mixed order, then hide the words and recover the digits.