German vocabulary/Numbers
Cardinal Numbers
[edit | edit source]| Number | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | null | zero |
| 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:
| Number | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | elf | eleven |
| 12 | zwölf | twelve |
- Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
| Number | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | dreizehn | thirteen |
| 14 | vierzehn | fourteen |
| 15 | fünfzehn | fifteen |
| 16 | sechzehn | sixteen |
| 17 | siebzehn | seventeen |
| 18 | achtzehn | eighteen |
| 19 | neunzehn | nineteen |
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
Double Digits
[edit | edit source]- In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").
| Number | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | zwanzig | twenty |
| 30 | dreißig | thirty |
| 40 | vierzig | forty |
| 50 | fünfzig | fifty |
| 60 | sechzig | sixty |
| 70 | siebzig | seventy |
| 80 | achtzig | eighty |
| 90 | 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 Forty / two and forty / Zwei und vierzig / zweiundvierzig)
Examples:
| German | English |
|---|---|
| einundzwanzig | 21 |
| siebenunddreißig | 37 |
| sechsundvierzig | 46 |
| vierundsechzig | 64 |
| neunundneunzig | 99 |
- Large numbers use the long scale:
| German | English (short scale) |
Number |
|---|---|---|
| hundert | hundred | 100 |
| tausend | thousand | 1.000 |
| Million | Million | 1.000.000 |
| Milliarde | Billion | 1.000.000.000 |
| Billion | Trillion | 1.000.000.000.000 |
| Billiarde | Quadrillion | 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
- zero - null
- 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