Numbers

In German, the roles of dot and comma are swapped compared to their English counterparts. The grouping separator in big numbers is a dot (.), not a comma (,); the separator between decimal fractions and integer is a comma (,), not a dot (.).

E.g.: 1,000 in English is 1.000 in German; 3.1 in English is 3,1 in German.

Note that numbers above twenty are said "backwards". Twenty-one (einundzwanzig) is literally spoken as "one-and-twenty". This takes a bit of getting used to, especially in higher regions. Eg. 53426 (dreiundfünfzigtausendvierhundertsechsundzwanzig) is spoken as "three-and-fifty-thousand-four-hundred-six-and-twenty".

1
eins (ighnss)

2
zwei (tsvigh)

3
drei (drigh)

4
vier (feer)

5
fünf (fuunf)

6
sechs (zekhs)

7
sieben (ZEE-ben)

8
acht (ahkht)

9
neun (noyn)

10
zehn (tsayn)

11
elf (elf)

12
zwölf (tsvoolf)

13
dreizehn (DRIGH-tsayn)

14
vierzehn (FEER-tsayn)

15
fünfzehn (FUUNF-tsayn)

16
sechzehn (ZEKH-tsayn)

17
siebzehn (ZEEP-tsayn)

18
achtzehn (AHKH-tsayn)

19
neunzehn (NOYN-tsayn)

20
zwanzig (TSVAHN-tsikh)

21
einundzwanzig (IGHN-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

22
zweiundzwanzig (TSVIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

23
dreiundzwanzig (DRIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

30
dreißig (DRIGH-sikh)

40
vierzig (FEER-tsikh)

50
fünfzig (FUUNF-tsikh)

60
sechzig (ZEKH-tsikh)

70
siebzig (ZEEP-tsikh)

80
achtzig (AHKH-tsikh)

90
neunzig (NOYN-tsikh)

100
(ein)hundert ([ighn]-HOON-dert)

200
zweihundert (TSVIGH-hoon-dert)

300
dreihundert (DRIGH-hoon-dert)

1000
(ein)tausend ([ighn]-TOW-zent)

2000
zweitausend (TSVIGH-tow-zent)

1,000,000
eine Million (igh-nuh mill-YOHN)

1,000,000,000
eine Milliarde (igh-nuh mill-YAR-duh)
Note the difference to American English numbers, often mistranslated!

1,000,000,000,000
eine Billion (igh-nuh bill-YOHN)

number _____ (train, bus, etc.)
Nummer/Linie _____ (NOO-mer/LEE-nee-uh)

half
halb (hahlp)

the half
die Hälfte (dee HELF-tuh)

less
weniger (VAY-nihg-er)

more
mehr (mayr)

Ordinal Numbers

1.
erster (ayr-stayr)

2.
zweiter (tsvigh-tayr)

3.
dritter (dri-tayr)

4.
vierter (feer-tayr)

5.
fünfter (fuunf-tayr)

20.
zwanzigster (TSVAHN-tsikhs-tayr)

100.
(ein)hundertster ([ighn]-HOON-dert-stayr)

101.
(ein)hunderterster ([ighn]-HOON-dert-ayr-stayr)

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