Die Zahlen und zählen (0-20)
The numbers and counting in German are not difficult to learn, but... true mastery of numbers, in any language, takes time. It is fairly easy to learn to rattle off the numbers - "eins, zwei, drei..." and so forth. However, most of the time numbers are used in more practical ways: in telephone numbers, in math problems, in prices, for addresses, etc. Also, because you have already internalized the numbers in English or another first language, there can be the same kind of interference that happens with other vocabulary.
So, do learn to say the numbers, but also try our exercises to see if you really know how to deal with them. If someone tells you a phone number in German, can you write it down? Can you do simple addition or subtraction in German?
Die Zahlen 0-10
0 null | 6 sechs |
1 eins | 7 sieben |
2 zwei * | 8 acht |
3 drei | 9 neun |
4 vier | 10 zehn |
5 fünf | * Often zwo is used to avoid |
Die Zahlen 11-20
11 elf | 16 sechzehn |
12 zwölf | 17 siebzehn |
13 dreizehn | 18 achtzehn |
14 vierzehn | 19 neunzehn |
15 fünfzehn | 20 zwanzig |
Die Zahlen 20-100 (by tens)
20 zwanzig | 70 siebzig |
30 dreißig | 80 achtzig |
40 vierzig | 90 neunzig |
50 fünfzig | 100 hundert * |
60 sechzig | * or einhundert |
Note: The number sechzig (60) drops the s in sechs. The number siebzig (70) drops the en in sieben. The number dreißig (30) is the only one of the tens that doesn't end with -zig. (dreißig = dreissig)
