German Numbers

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You will learn in this lesson: German numbers, cardinal and ordinal numbers.

 

German Cardinal Numbers

German Numbers are easy to learn, cardinal numbers are a piece of cake if you understand the logic behind them, from 0 to 12 you will find unique words, that you just need to memorize as is. 13 to 19 are composed words meaning (3- 10) for 13 (dreizehn), (4-10) for 14 (fierzehn).(check the table below). For 16 and 17 (sechzehn instead of sechszehn) and (siebzehn instead of siebenzehen) So now you can easily count to 20.

The logic that numbers from 21 to 99 is the opposite of English, for example in English we say: “twenty one” for 21, in German we say “one and twenty”, note that it’s not only read the opposite way, but also there is an extra “and” which is in German “und”, and all numbers are connected (einundzwanzig).

From 100 on, “und” is not used between numbers

It’s easy to master this your first day if you look at the table above and read the notes following it carefully.

 

German Cardinal Numbers
0	null	21	einundzwanzig	60	sechzig
1	eins	22	zweiundzwanzig	70	siebzig
2	zwei	23	dreiundzwanzig	80	achtzig
3	drei	24	vierundzwanzig	90	neunzig
4	vier	25	fünfundzwanzig	100	einhundert
5	fünf	26	sechsundzwanzig	101	einhunderteins
6	sechs	27	siebenundzwanzig	102	einhundertzwei
7	sieben	28	achtundzwanzig	113	einhundertdreizehn
8	acht	29	neunundzwanzig	200	zweihundert
9	neun	30	dreißig	500	fünfhundert
10	zehn	31	einunddreißig	1000	eintausend
11	elf	32	zweiunddreißig	1.000.000	eine Million
12	zwölf	33	dreiunddreißig	2.000.000	zwei Millionen
13	dreizehn	34	vierunddreißig	2006 = Zweitausendsechs
14	vierzehn	35	fünfunddreißig
15	fünfzehn	36	sechsunddreißig
16	sechzehn	37	siebenunddreißig
17	siebzehn	38	achtunddreißig
18	achtzehn	39	neununddreißig
19	neunzehn	40	vierzig
20	zwanzig	50	fünfzig

 

German Ordinal Numbers

Once you have mastered the cardinal numbers, you will have no problem at all learning the German ordinal numbers, because they simply add -te to the cardinal numbers. Some small exceptions are in red font in the table below, one thing that you should know is that ordinal numbers are just like adjectives, so they may take different endings depending on the case used in each specific situation. Please check the adjectives section for more information.

 

German Numbers
German Ordinal Numbers
first	erste	eighth	achte
second	zweite	ninth	neunte
third	dritte	tenth	zehnte
fourth	vierte	eleventh	elfte
fifth	fünfte	twelfth	zwölfte
sixth	sechste	twentieth	zwanzigste
seventh	siebte	twenty-second	zweiundzwanzigste

 

 

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