A1 · Beginner Vocabulary
Numbers are one of the very first things you need in German — for prices, phone numbers, times and ages. This guide gives you 0–100 with pronunciation and audio, plus the one simple rule for building any number in between.
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Numbers 0 to 20
| German | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| null | nool | zero |
| eins | eyns | one |
| zwei | tsvy | two |
| drei | dry | three |
| vier | feer | four |
| fünf | fuunf | five |
| sechs | zeks | six |
| sieben | ZEE-ben | seven |
| acht | ahkht | eight |
| neun | noyn | nine |
| zehn | tsayn | ten |
| elf | elf | eleven |
| zwölf | tsvuulf | twelve |
| dreizehn | DRY-tsayn | thirteen |
| vierzehn | FEER-tsayn | fourteen |
| fünfzehn | FUUNF-tsayn | fifteen |
| sechzehn | ZEK-tsayn | sixteen |
| siebzehn | ZEEP-tsayn | seventeen |
| achtzehn | AHKHT-tsayn | eighteen |
| neunzehn | NOYN-tsayn | nineteen |
| zwanzig | TSVAHN-tsikh | twenty |
Tens and 100
| German | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| zwanzig | TSVAHN-tsikh | twenty |
| dreißig | DRY-sikh | thirty |
| vierzig | FEER-tsikh | forty |
| fünfzig | FUUNF-tsikh | fifty |
| sechzig | ZEK-tsikh | sixty |
| siebzig | ZEEP-tsikh | seventy |
| achtzig | AHKHT-tsikh | eighty |
| neunzig | NOYN-tsikh | ninety |
| hundert | HOON-dert | one hundred |
Building numbers 21 to 99
| German | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| einundzwanzig | EYN-oont-tsvahn-tsikh | twenty-one (lit. one-and-twenty) |
| zweiundzwanzig | TSVY-oont-tsvahn-tsikh | twenty-two |
| dreiunddreißig | DRY-oont-dry-sikh | thirty-three |
| zweiundvierzig | TSVY-oont-feer-tsikh | forty-two |
| fünfundsechzig | FUUNF-oont-zek-tsikh | sixty-five |
| neunundneunzig | NOYN-oont-noyn-tsikh | ninety-nine |
The one rule to remember: from 21 upwards, German says the units before the tens, joined by und (and). So 21 is literally „one-and-twenty“ (einundzwanzig) and 42 is „two-and-forty“ (zweiundvierzig). It feels backwards at first, but it becomes automatic fast — just say the small number first, then und, then the ten.
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