Zahlen 20–100 — Numbers 20–100
German compound numbers between 21 and 99 are formed backwards compared to English: twenty-three = dreiundzwanzig (literally 'three and twenty').
DeutschEnglish
20 — zwanzig
30 — dreißig 40 — vierzig 50 — fünfzig
60 — sechzig
70 — siebzig 80 — achtzig 90 — neunzig
100 — hundert
Compound Number Rule (21–99)
Formula: [units] + und + [tens]
21 = einundzwanzig (one and twenty)
35 = fünfunddreißig (five and thirty)
67 = siebenundsechzig (seven and sixty)
Note: dreißig (30) is spelled with ß, not dreissig!
Das Haus kostetfünfunddreißigEuro.
ENThe house costs thirty-five euros.
💡 Phone numbers and addresses in Germany are often read in pairs: 43 21 56 → dreiundvierzig, einundzwanzig, sechsundfünfzig. Practise reading numbers in pairs!
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