🔢 Numbers from 0 to 25
- 0 – Null
- 1 – Eins
- 2 – Zwei
- 3 – Drei
- 4 – Vier
- 5 – Fünf
- 6 – Sechs
- 7 – Sieben
- 8 – Acht
- 9 – Neun
- 10 – Zehn
- 11 – Elf
- 12 – Zwölf
- 13 – Dreizehn
- 14 – Vierzehn
- 15 – Fünfzehn
- 16 – Sechzehn
- 17 – Siebzehn
- 18 – Achtzehn
- 19 – Neunzehn
- 20 – Zwanzig
- 21 – Einundzwanzig
- 22 – Zweiundzwanzig
- 23 – Dreiundzwanzig
- 24 – Vierundzwanzig
- 25 – Fünfundzwanzig
🎯 Milestone Numbers
- 30 – Dreißig
- 40 – Vierzig
- 50 – Fünfzig
- 100 – Hundert
- 1000 – Tausend
- 10,000 – Zehntausend
💡 Grammar & Number Patterns
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From 21 onward, German reverses the order:
Einundzwanzig
= 21 ("One and twenty").
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“Eins” becomes “ein” in compound numbers (e.g.,
einunddreißig
= 31).
- All numbers are written as one word without spaces.
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After 100, just add the rest:
Hundertfünf
= 105,
Tausenddreißig
= 1030.
📘 Usage in Context
Ich bin fünfzehn Jahre alt.
I am 15 years old.
Das kostet dreißig Euro.
That costs 30 euros.
Mein Haus hat hundert Fenster.
My house has 100 windows.
Sie wohnt in Zimmer zweiundzwanzig.
She lives in room 22.
Er hat über zehntausend Abonnenten.
He has over 10,000 subscribers.
🧠 Did You Know?
- 🔄 German numbers flip the order!
In English we say “twenty-four”, but in German it’s
“vierundzwanzig”
— literally “four and twenty”!
- 🧮 Each part of the number is a word.
99 = neunundneunzig
(nine and ninety). Long? Yes. Logical? Also yes! 😄
- 🔢 From 13 to 19, it’s the same trick.
16 = sechzehn
,
17 = siebzehn
(not sechszehn or siebenzehn — they drop a letter!)
- 🧠 Once you know 1–10, you can build most numbers!
Like Lego blocks — just stack them: drei (3)
+ ßig (30)
= dreißig (30)
- 🎧 German numbers sound fast — practice listening!
Native speakers say them quickly. Train your ears by repeating after audio clips!