Learn German Numbers - Die Zahlen
Here you'll learn the numbers and counting in German.
German cardinal numbers
German cardinal numbers are easy to learn.If you understand the logic behind them, from 0 to 12 you will find unique words, you just need to memorize....
13 to 19 are composed words meaning
(3- 10) for 13 (dreizehn)
(4-10) for 14 (fierzehn)
16 and 17 (sechzehn instead of sechszehn) and (siebzehn instead of siebenzehen)
So now you can easily count to 20.
The logic that numbers from 21 to 99 is the opposite of English, for example in English we say: “twenty one” for 21, in German we say “one and twenty”, note that it’s not only read the opposite way, but also there is an extra “and” which is in German “und”, and all numbers are connected (einundzwanzig).
From 100 on, “und” is not used between numbers.eg. 101 - hundred + one i.e einhundert + eins
German Ordinal Numbers
If you are mastered in the cardinal numbers, you will have no problem at all in learning the German ordinal numbers, because they simply add -te to the cardinal numbers. One thing you should know is that ordinal numbers are just like adjectives, so they may take different endings depending on the case used in each specific situation. Please check the adjectives section for more information.
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