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