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Basic German Words
German Numbers, Days and Months
Learn basic German words, the days of the week, name of months and German numbers in this edition of my free German language courses.
The numbers from 1 to 12 are basic numbers, while 13 to 20 are built with the basic number (or a root of it) + zehn (ten).
Come on, lets count.... eins, zwei, drei.
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German Numbers 1 - 20
|
Deutsch Kardinalzahl |
Deutsch Ordinalzahl |
English cardinal / ordinal number |
| Eins | der/die/das erste | one / first |
| Zwei | der/die/das zweite | two / second |
| Drei | der/die/das dritte | three / third |
| Vier | der/die/das vierte | four / fourth |
| Fünf | der/die/das fünfte | five / fifth |
| Sechs | der/die/das sechste | six / sixth |
| Sieben | der/die/das siebte | seven / seventh |
| Acht | der/die/das achte | eight / eighth |
| Neun | der/die/das neunte | nine / ninth |
| Zehn | der/die/das zehnte | ten / tenth |
| Elf | der/die/das elfte | eleven / eleventh |
| Zwölf | der/die/das zwölfte | twelve / twelfth |
| Dreizehn | der/die/das dreizehnte | thirteen / thirteenth |
| Vierzehn | der/die/das vierzehnte | fourteen / fourteenth |
| Fünfzehn | der/die/das fünfzehnte | fifteen /fifteenth |
| Sechzehn | der/die/das sechzehnte | sixteen / sixteenth |
| Siebzehn | der/die/das siebzehnte | seventeen / seventeenth |
| Achtzehn | der/die/das achtzehnte | eighteen / eighteenth |
| Neunzehn | der/die/das neunzehnte | nineteen / nineteenth |
| Zwanzig | der/die/das zwanzigste | twenty / twentieth |
German numbers from 21 to 100.
|
Deutsch Kardinalzahl |
Deutsch Ordinalzahl |
English cardinal / ordinal number |
| Einundzwanzig | der/die/das einundzwanzigste | twenty-one / twenty-first |
| Zweiundzwanzig | der/die/das zweiundzwanzigste | twenty-two / twenty-second |
| Dreiundzwanzig | der/die/das dreiundzwanzigste | twenty-three / twenty-third |
| Vierundzwanzig | der/die/das vierundzwanzigste | twenty-four / twenty-fourth |
Do you see the pattern? You build the decimal numbers with the basic number + the suffix zig, dreißig (only exception), vierzig, fünfzig, sechzig, siebzig, achtzig, neunzig.
The numbers between the decimals you build with the basic number + und + decimal number, vierundsiebzig (seventy-four). It might be strange for you that Germans begin with the basic number, but really, vierundsiebzig means 74.
Want the bigger numbers as well? Here we go.
100 = Hundert, 200 = Zweihundert, 300 = Dreihundert, 405 = Vierhundertfünf, 575 = Fünfhundertfünfundsiebzig and so on.
Basic German Words - The days of the week
| Deutsch | English |
| Der Montag | Monday |
| Der Dienstag | Tuesday |
| Der Mittwoch | Wednesday |
| Der Donnerstag | Thursday |
| Der Freitag | Friday |
| Der Samstag | Saturday |
| Der Sonntag | Sunday |
Because the German articles are different for masculine (der), feminine (die) and neuter (das) nouns, I am going to add the article for every noun. Makes it easier for you to learn the darn articles.
Now that was pretty easy? Please not that alle Monate (months) in German are masculine and use the article der.
Basic German Words - The months
| Deutsch | English |
| Januar | January |
| Februar | February |
| März | March |
| April | April |
| Mai | May |
| Juni | June |
| Juli | July |
| August | August |
| September | September |
| Oktober | October |
| November | November |
| Dezember | December |
Finally, here are a few example sentences to practise what you've just learned.
- Ich komme am 5. September in Frankfurt an - I will arrive in Frankfurt on 5th September.
- Um wieviel Uhr kommst Du an (informal) / kommen Sie an? (formal) - What time do you arrive?
- Wir reisen am Montag ab - We are leaving on Monday
- Was kostet das? - How much is it?
- Die Fahrkarte kostet fünfundzwanzig Euro und neunundneunzig cents (25,99 Euro) - The ticket costs 25.99 €
