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Numbers in German

Level A1 Introduction Unit 1 Alphabet and pronunciation Unit 2 Diphthongs and constant combinations Unit 3 German nouns and their genders Unit 4 Articles in the nominative case Unit 5 Pronouns in the nominative case Unit 6 Verb sein in present Unit 7 Verb sein in imperfect Unit 8 Verb haben Unit 9 Present tense Unit 10 Modal Verbs Unit 11 Nominalization of verbs Unit 12 Adjective endings in nominative case Unit 13 Making plural nouns Unit 14 Numbers in German Unit 15 Accusative case Unit 16 Pronouns in accusative case Unit 17 Prepositions with accusative case Unit 18 Questions with interrogative pronouns Unit 19 Asking questions without interrogative pronouns

This lesson contains topics:

  1. German numbers 1 to 10
  2. German numbers 11 to 20
  3. German numbers 21 to 30
  4. German numbers 31 to 101
  5. German numbers 200 to 1001
  6. German numbers from 100,000 to trillion
  7. Commas and periods in German numbers

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German numbers 1 to 10

One ⇝ Eins

Two ⇝ Zwei

Three ⇝ Drei

Four ⇝ Vier

Five ⇝ Fünf

Six ⇝ Sechs

Seven ⇝ Sieben

Eight ⇝ Acht

Nine ⇝ Neun

Ten ⇝ Zehn

Please note that eins is used as a quantity or number (one). Where ein is the indefinite article (a or an).

German numbers 11 to 20

Eleven ⇝ Elf

Twelve ⇝ Zwölf

Thirteen ⇝ Dreizehn

Fourteen ⇝ Vierzehn

Fifteen ⇝ Fünfzehn

Sixteen ⇝ Sechzehn

Seventeen ⇝ Siebzehn

Eighteen ⇝ Achtzehn

Nineteen ⇝ Neunzehn

Twenty ⇝ Zwanzig


German numbers 21 to 30

Twenty-one ⇝ Einundzwanzig

Twenty-two ⇝ Zweiundzwanzig

Twenty-three ⇝ Dreiundzwanzig

Twenty-four ⇝ Vierundzwanzig

Twenty-five ⇝ Fünfundzwanzig

Twenty-six ⇝ Sechsundzwanzig

Twenty-seven ⇝ Siebenundzwanzig

Twenty-eight ⇝ Achtundzwanzig

Twenty-nine ⇝ Neunundzwanzig

Thirty ⇝ Dreißig

German numbers 31 to 101

From 31 onwards rule is same as in 21 to 29, two numbers are joined by "und":
Thirty-one ⇝ Einunddreißig
Thirty-two ⇝ Zweiunddreißig
and so on till fourty.

Forty ⇝ Vierzig

Forty-one ⇝ Einundvierzig

Fifty ⇝ Fünfzig

Fifty-one ⇝ Einundfünfzig

Sixty ⇝ Sechzig

Sixty-one ⇝ Einundsechzig

Seventy ⇝ Siebzig

Seventy-one ⇝ Einundsiebzig

Eighty ⇝ Achtzig

Eighty-one ⇝ Einundachtzig

Ninety ⇝ Neunzig

Ninety-one ⇝ Einundneunzig

Hundred ⇝ Hundert

One-hundred ⇝ Einhundert

One-hundred and one ⇝ Einhundertundeins

Hundred and one ⇝ Hunderteins

German numbers 200 to 1001

Two hundred ⇝ Zweihundert

Three hundred ⇝ Dreihundert

Four hundred ⇝ Vierhundert

Five hundred ⇝ Fünfhundert

Six hundred ⇝ Sechshundert

Seven hundred ⇝ Siebenhundert

Eight hundred ⇝ Achthundert

Nine hundred ⇝ Neunhundert

Thousand ⇝ Tausend

One Thousand ⇝ Eintausend

One Thousand one ⇝ Eintausendeins

One Thousand and one ⇝ Eintausend und eins

German numbers from 100,000 to trillion

Hundred thousand ⇝ Hunderttausend

One-hundred thousand ⇝ Einhunderttausend

Million ⇝ Million

One million ⇝ eine Million

Billion ⇝ Milliarde

One billion ⇝ eine Milliarde

Trillion ⇝ Billion / Trillion

One trillion ⇝ Eine Billion

Commas and periods in German numbers

The use of commas and periods in German is opposite to English. A comma is used as a decimal separator and a period is used as a thousands separator.
For example, 1.100 is not one point one zero, it is one thousand one hundred in German.
1.100,58 Euro is "Eintausend einhundert Euro und achtundfünfzig Cent" (One thousand one hundred euros eighty-five cents).


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