How to learn German Numbers

German Numbers

German Numbers made Easy – Learn to count in German from 1-100 quickly

German Numbers. Learning numbers in German can be a bit tricky, so we will explain you how to count numbers in German step by step. It is recommended to memorize the numbers from 0 to 20. Once you learn these numbers, the rest of it is pretty easy. You just need to follow the pattern for the rest of the tens.

German Numbers from 0-10

Let’s start with learning numbers from 0 to 10. For a better learning experience, we have provided an audio below the table. Keep repeating the numbers with the audio until you learn them by heart!

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

German Numbers from 11-20

In English, the numbers from 13 to 19 have the suffix “teen” at the end. Similarly, the German numbers from 13 to 19 have the suffix “zehn” in the end. Notice the pattern between both the languages and try to memorize the numbers.

Example:

In English, 3 is written as “three” and 13 is written as “thirteen”.

In German, 3 is written as “drei” and 13 is written as “dreizehn”.

We have repeated the previous numbers again below for reference and learning the numbers up to 20.

0 = null, 1 = eins, 2 = zwei, 3 = drei, 4 = vier, 5 = fünf, 6 = sechs, 7 = sieben, 8 = acht, 9 = neun, 10 = zehn

Number	English	German
11	eleven	elf
12	twelve	zwölf
13	thirteen	dreizehn
14	fourteen	vierzehn
15	fifteen	fünfzehn
16	sixteen	sechzehn
17	seventeen	siebzehn
18	eighteen	achtzehn
19	nineteen	neunzehn
20	twenty	zwanzig

The German NUMBERS FROM 0 TO 20

German Numbers from 21-30

The pattern after twenty changes a bit in comparison to English numbers. As per the positions of numbers, the number in the units place is written before the tens place in German.

This German number pattern can be compared to languages in the Devanagari script such as Hindi and Marathi.

Example:

In English, 21 is written as twenty-one.

In German, 21 is written as “einundzwanzig” which is literally “one and twenty”. Thus, the number in the units place is written before the tens place.

To simplify things for you, we would like to give an example here in Hindi as well as Marathi, just in case you know these languages.

In Hindi, 21 is written as इक्कीस. Similar to German, one is written before twenty in this case.

Similarly, in Marathi, 21 is written as एकवीस, where one is written before twenty again.

Repeating the numbers once more for the beginners.

0 = null, 1 = eins, 2 = zwei, 3 = drei, 4 = vier, 5 = fünf, 6 = sechs, 7 = sieben, 8 = acht, 9 = neun, 10 = zehn,

11 = elf, 12 = zwölf, 13 = dreizehn, 14 = vierzehn, 15 = fünfzehn, 16 = sechzehn, 17 = siebzehn, 18 = achtzehn, 19 = neunzehn, 20 = zwanzig,

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

German Numbers as Tens up to 100

The German tens are formed by adding the suffix “zig” at the end. The pattern varies a bit for 20, 30, 60, 70 and 100 for factors such as ease of pronunciation. Following are the numbers in German upto 100-

Number	English	German
10	ten	zehn
20	twenty	zwanzig
30	thirty	dreißig
40	forty	vierzig
50	fifty	fünfzig
60	sixty	sechzig
70	seventy	siebzig
80	eighty	achtzig
90	ninety	neunzig
100	hundred	einhundert