Numbers: Lesson
Topic 4: Numbers
Read the following lesson to solidify your understanding of the topic.
Numbers
Now, we get to learn a set of words that can be translated easily and precisely:
| 0 null | 10 zehn | 20 zwanzig |
| 1 eins | 11 elf | 21 einundzwanzig |
| 2 zwei | 12 zwölf | 22 zweiundzwanzig |
| 3 drei | 13 dreizehn | 23 dreiundzwanzig |
| 4 vier | 14 vierzehn | 24 vierundzwanzig |
| 5 fünf | 15 fünfzehn | 25 fünfundzwanzig |
| 6 sechs | 16 sechzehn | 26 sechsundzwanzig |
| 7 sieben | 17 siebzehn | 27 siebenundzwanzig |
| 8 acht | 18 achtzehn | 28 achtundzwanzig |
| 9 neun | 19 neunzehn | 29 neunundzwanzig |
Form the "thirties", "forties", etc. the same way as the "twenties."
- 30 - dreißig
- 40 - vierzig
- 50 - fünfzig
- 60 - sechzig
- 70 - siebzig
- 80 - achtzig
- 90 - neunzig
- 100 - hundert
- 1.000 - tausend
- 10.000 - zehn tausend
- 100.000 - hundert tausend
- 1.000.000 - eine Million
Notice also in writing out digits that where we use a comma to separate each series of 3 numbers (1,000,000), German uses a period (1.000.000). On the other hand, German would use a comma for a decimal point.
You may have noticed the ordinal numbers (first = erste, second = zweite) derived from these numbers. Even though you don't have to learn them yet, it can be fun recognizing them.