Phrasebook.com » Numbers http://phrasebook.com The original, free online phrasebook Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 German: Numbers http://phrasebook.com/german-numbers/ http://phrasebook.com/german-numbers/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:25 +0000 Ty http://phrasebook.com/?p=155 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; 3.14159 in English is 3,14159 [...]]]> 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; 3.14159 in English is 3,14159 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”.

0
null (noll)
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 (as in positions in a list)

First
erster (ayr-stayr)
Second
zweiter (tsvigh-tayr)
Third
dritter (dri-tayr)
Fourth
vierter (feer-tayr)
Fifth
fünfter (fuunf-tayr)
Twentieth
zwanzigster (TSVAHN-tsikhs-tayr)
One hundreth
(ein)hundertster ([ighn]-HOON-dert-stayr)
One hundred and first
(ein)hunderterster ([ighn]-HOON-dert-ayr-stayr)
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