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Learn German Vocabulary - Numbers

What would life be without numbers? Love them or hate them, we need numbers to function in our daily lives. The same is true when you want to learn German vocabulary. One way to learn German vocabulary is to practice using German numbers as you go about your daily tasks such as grocery shopping for instance.

German numbers from 1 - 12 are very straight forward and easy to pronounce and put to memory. However, there are a few patterns with the numbers that follow:

Pattern of the Teens:
The numbers 13 to 19 all start with the same number used for 1 - 9 and end in the number for 10 "zehn". Example 13 = dreizehn, 14 = vierzehn,...19 = neunzehn.

Pattern of TEN:
The numbers 20, 40 - 90 start with the pratically the same words used for 1 - 9 and end with "zig" with 20 zwanzig and 30 dreißig being the only exceptions. For example, 40 vierzig, 50 fünfzig, 60 sechzig, 70 siebzig, 80 achtzig, and 90 neunzig.

Pattern of the "one-and-twenty","two-and-twenty...etc"
The numbers 21 - 29;31 - 39;41 - 49;51 - 59;61 - 69;71 - 79;81 - 89 and 91 - 99 all have the one-and-twenty, two-and-twenty pattern. For example, 31 = einunddreißig; 44 = vierundvierzig; 55 = fünfundfünfzig; 67 = siebenundsechzig; 78 = achtundsiebzig; 82 = zweiundachtzig and 99 = neunundneunzig.

Isn't German cool? As long as you master 1 - 12, the rest will come naturally as you learn to speak German quickly.

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