Numbers in German (1, 10, 100, 1000, …)

In this lesson, you will be learning the numbers in German.

Numbers in German: 0-10

Below is a table of the German numbers from zero to ten. You’ll just have to learn these by heart.

	Zahlen	Numbers
0	🔊 null	zero
1	🔊 eins	one
2	🔊 zwei	two
3	🔊 drei	three
4	🔊 vier	four
5	🔊 fünf	five
6	🔊 sechs	six
7	🔊 sieben	seven
8	🔊 acht	eight
9	🔊 neun	nine
10	🔊 zehn	ten

Please, do not confuse the German numeral “eins” (one = 1) with the indefinite article “ein” (a/an).

Numbers in German: 11-20

You’ll also have to learn 11 and 12 by heart. Numbers between 13 and 19 follow the pattern “number + zehn”:

3 (drei)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 13 (dreizehn)
4 (vier)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 14 (vierzehn)
5 (fünf)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 15 (fünfzehn)
6 (sechs)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 16 (sechzehn)
7 (sieben)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 17 (siebzehn)
8 (acht)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 18 (achtzehn)
9 (neun)	+ 10 (zehn)	= 19 (neunzehn)

As you can see above the table, to say 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 we add the words for either “3 (drei), 4 (vier), 5 (fünf), 8 (acht), 9 (neun)” on to the word for 10 (zehn). However, 16 and 17 contain a shortened version of the words for 6 (sechs) and 7 (sieben);

	Zahlen	Numbers
11	🔊 elf	eleven
12	🔊 zwölf	twelve
13	🔊 dreizehn	thirteen
14	🔊 vierzehn	fourteen
15	🔊 fünfzehn	fiveteen
16	🔊 sechzehn	sixteen
17	🔊 siebzehn	seventeen
18	🔊 achtzehn	eightteen
19	🔊 neunzehn	nineteen
20	🔊 zwanzig	twenty

Numbers in German: 21-99

Between forty and ninety, all of these numbers except twenty and thirty are regular. They take the number between one and ten and add the word “zig” to the end of it.

In English, the left number is written first, followed by the right number, while in German it is the opposite. To build numbers 21-99 in German, we place the single-digit number first and the two-digit number second, and add the word “und” (and) between them.

43

drei (three)

und (and)

vierzig (fourty)

dreiundvierzig (fourty-three)

	Zahlen	Numbers
21	🔊 einundzwanzig	twenty-one
22	🔊 zweiundzwanzig	twenty-two
23	🔊 dreiundzwanzig	twenty-three
24	🔊 vierundzwanzig	twenty-four
25	🔊 fünfundzwanzig	twenty-five
26	🔊 sechsundzwanzig	twenty-six
27	🔊 siebenundzwanzig	twenty-seven
28	🔊 achtundzwanzig	twenty-eight
29	🔊 neunundzwanzig	twenty-nine
30	🔊 dreißig	thirty

German Numbers from 1-100 (Multiples of 10)

	Zahlen	Numbers
10	🔊 zehn	ten
20	🔊 zwanzig	twenty
30	🔊 dreißig	thirty
40	🔊 vierzig	forty
50	🔊 fünfzig	fiveteen
60	🔊 sechzig	sixty
70	🔊 siebzig	seventy
80	🔊 achtzig	eighty
90	🔊 neunzig	ninety
100	🔊 hundert	one hundred

German Numbers from 1-1000 (Multiples of 100)

Three-digit numbers in German are made with the same logic as in English.

	Zahlen	Numbers
100	🔊 (ein)hundert	one hundred
200	🔊 zwaihundert	two hundred
300	🔊 dreihundert	three hundred
400	🔊 vierhundert	four hundred
500	🔊 fünfhundert	five hundred
600	🔊 sechhundert	six hundred
700	🔊 siebhundert	seven hundred
800	🔊 achthundert	eight hundred
900	🔊 neunhundert	nine hundred
1000	🔊 eintausend	one thousand

The numbers from 1 to 99 directly add after the multiple of 100. This can lead to very long words as the whole number is written in one word:

	Zahlen	Numbers
327	🔊 dreihundertsiebenundzwanzig	three hundred twenty-seven
422	🔊 vierhundertzweiundzwanzig	four hundred twenty-two
535	🔊 fünfhundertfünfunddreißig	five hundred thirty-five
661	🔊 sechshunderteinundsechzig	six hundred sixty-one