In this post, let us explore what are english numbers are called in German.ย A number is referred to as ‘Zahlen‘. German numbers have a variety of names, just like the English digits one, two, and three.
One is referred to as ‘Eins‘, two as ‘Zwei‘ and three as ‘Drei’. Four is pronounced ‘Vier’ (which sounds like ‘Fear’), followed by ‘Fรผnf‘, ‘Sechs‘,‘Sieben‘, ‘Acht‘, ‘Neun‘, and ‘Zehn‘, for five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten respectively.
The numbers 11 through 20 are pronounced as follows in German.ย Eleven (11) is ‘Elf‘, twelve (12) is ‘Zwรถlf‘, and thirteen (13) is ‘Dreizehn‘. Fourteen (14) is pronounced ‘Vierzehn‘,ย fifteen (15) is ‘Fรผnfzehn‘, and sixteen (16) is ‘Sechzehn‘. Seventeen (17) is known as ‘Seibzehn‘ while eighteen (18)ย is ‘Akhtzehn‘. ‘Neuntzehn‘ equals 19 and ‘Zwanzig‘ equals 20.
The next numbers 30, 40 and 50 are pronounced as ‘Dreiรig‘, ‘Vierzig‘ and ‘Fรผnfzig‘ respectively, whereas 60, 70 and 80 are called as ‘Sechzig‘,‘Siebzig‘, and ‘Achtzig‘ singly. ‘Neunzig‘ is 90 and 100 is ‘Hundert‘.
The names for twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22) are ‘Ein und –Zwanzig‘ and ‘Zwei und –Zwanzig‘ respectively. Thus, by adding 1ย to 10 to the ‘Zwanzig‘ย , the numbers 21 to 30 can be formed.
The same numerals 1 through 10 can also be joined with ‘Dreiรig‘, ‘Vierzig‘, and ‘Fรผnfzig‘, and still further, to produce 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and further.
So! After learning about numbers in the German language in this post, now let us learn about ordinals in the next one. Stay tuned!
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(https://www.howtopronounce.com- pronunciation dictionary of German words)
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