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)