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[edit] Cardinal Numbers
| Number |
German |
English |
| 1 |
eins |
one |
| 2 |
zwei |
two |
| 3 |
drei |
three |
| 4 |
vier |
four |
| 5 |
fünf |
five |
| 6 |
sechs |
six |
| 7 |
sieben |
seven |
| 8 |
acht |
eight |
| 9 |
neun |
nine |
| 10 |
zehn |
ten |
- Eleven and twelve are irregular:
| German |
English |
| elf |
eleven |
| zwölf |
twelve |
- Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
| German |
English |
| dreizehn |
thirteen |
| vierzehn |
fourteen |
| fünfzehn |
fifteen |
| sechzehn |
sixteen |
| siebzehn |
seventeen |
| achtzehn |
eighteen |
| neunzehn |
nineteen |
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
[edit] Double Digits
- In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").
| German |
English |
| zwanzig |
twenty |
| dreißig |
thirty |
| vierzig |
forty |
| fünfzig |
fifty |
| sechzig |
sixty |
| siebzig |
seventy |
| achtzig |
eighty |
| neunzig |
ninety |
Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular.
- Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows: second digit + und + the number as it would be said if it ended in zero (English Example: 42 / Two and Fourty / twoandfourty / Zwei und vierzig / zweiundvierzig)
Examples:
| German |
English |
| einundzwanzig |
21 |
| siebunddreißig |
37 |
| sechsundvierzig |
46 |
| vierundsechzig |
64 |
| neunundneunzig |
99 |
- Large numbers are similar to English:
| German |
English |
| hundert |
100 |
| tausend |
1.000 |
| Million |
1.000.000 |
| Milliarde |
1.000.000.000 |
| Billion |
1.000.000.000.000 |
| Billiarde |
1.000.000.000.000.000 |
Note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three, as opposed to commas (,).
- Commas are used as decimal points:
1.001 = "one thousand and one"
1,001 = "one point zero zero one"
Numbers
- one - eins
- two - zwei
- three - drei
- four - vier
- five - fünf
- six - sechs
- seven - sieben
- eight - acht
- nine - neun
- ten - zehn
- eleven - elf
- twelve - zwölf
- thirteen - dreizehn
- fourteen - vierzehn
- fifteen - fünfzehn
- sixteen - sechzehn
- seventeen - siebzehn
- eighteen - achtzehn
- nineteen - neunzehn
- twenty - zwanzig
- twenty one - einundzwanzig
- thirty - dreißig
- forty - vierzig
- hundred - hundert
- one hundred - einhundert
