0–12

Learn as a block: null, eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, elf, zwölf.

13–19

dreizehn, vierzehn … digit + zehn.

21–99

Ones + und + tens: einundzwanzig (21), dreiundvierzig (43).

100

(ein)hundert — ein often drops except in careful counting.

Practice

Say your age, your house number, and today's date aloud in German digits.

Practical Examples

• Ich habe zwei Katzen.
• I have two cats.
• Usage: Simple statement of quantity using a small cardinal number.

• Das Buch kostet fünfzehn Euro.
• The book costs fifteen Euros.
• Usage: Stating a price, using a number between ten and twenty.

• Wie viele Äpfel hast du? Ich habe drei.
• How many apples do you have? I have three.
• Usage: Answering a "how many" question with a simple number.

• Sind Sie achtunddreißig Jahre alt?
• Are you thirty-eight years old?
• Usage: Asking about age, demonstrating the "units-and-tens" structure (acht-und-dreißig).

• Wir brauchen einundzwanzig Stühle.
• We need twenty-one chairs.
• Usage: Stating a quantity using a number with "und" (one-and-twenty).

• Die Nummer ist null.
• The number is zero.
• Usage: Introducing the number zero, often used for scores, phone numbers, or quantities.

• Ich wohne in der Hausnummer vierundsiebzig.
• I live at house number seventy-four.
• Usage: Giving a house number, another example of the "units-and-tens" structure.

• Ein Ticket kostet neunzig Cent.
• One ticket costs ninety cents.
• Usage: Stating a price in cents, using a round number in the tens.

• Wir haben elf Freunde eingeladen.
• We invited eleven friends.
• Usage: Stating a quantity using the irregular number "elf" (eleven).

• Er ist nicht fünfundfünfzig, sondern fünfundsechzig.
• He is not fifty-five, but sixty-five.
• Usage: Using numbers in a negation and correction, highlighting the "units-and-tens" pattern.

• Wie viele Tage hat der April? Er hat dreißig Tage.
• How many days does April have? It has thirty days.
• Usage: Providing factual information with a round number in the tens.

• Meine Telefonnummer ist acht-sechs-drei-null-fünf.
• My phone number is eight-six-three-zero-five.
• Usage: Reading out individual digits of a phone number, which is common in German.

• Das sind hundert Euro.
• That is one hundred Euros.
• Usage: Stating a quantity or amount using the number 100.

• Ich habe vierundneunzig Briefmarken gesammelt.
• I have collected ninety-four stamps.
• Usage: Stating a larger quantity, demonstrating the "units-and-tens" structure for higher numbers.

• Können Sie bitte siebenundzwanzig Flaschen bringen?
• Can you please bring twenty-seven bottles?
• Usage: A polite request involving a specific quantity, using a number with "und".