essential german gramar

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4.17 Cardinal numbers

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4.17 Cardinal numbers Cardinal numbers have the following forms in German: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

null eins zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht neun

151 200 535 999

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

zehn elf zwölf dreizehn vierzehn fünfzehn sechzehn siebzehn achtzehn neunzehn

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

(ein)hunderteinundfünfzig zweihundert fünfhundertfünfunddreißig neunhundertneunundneunzig

zwanzig einundzwanzig zweiundzwanzig dreiundzwanzig vierundzwanzig fünfundzwanzig sechsundzwanzig siebenundzwanzig achtundzwanzig neunundzwanzig 1000 1099 1100 2305

30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 101 102

dreißig vierzig fünfzig sechzig siebzig achtzig neunzig hundert hundert(und)eins (ein)hundertzwei

(ein)tausend tausend(und)neunundneunzig (ein)tausendeinhundert/elfhundert zweitausenddreihundertfünf

564 297 fünfhundertvierundsechzigtausendzweihundertsiebenundneunzig 1 000 000 eine Million 2 000 000 zwei Millionen

1 000 000 000 eine Milliarde 1 000 000 000 000 eine Billion

Usage with the numerals Long numbers are hardly ever written out in full (except on cheques). If they are, they are written as a single word.

Numbers from ten thousand are written with spaces or, sometimes, a point every three digits: 564 297 or 564.297. Note that this differs from English, where a comma is used instead of a point.

Eine Million, eine Milliarde, eine Billion are treated as separate nouns. They are written (and spoken) separately, and have plural endings where appropriate.

Zwo is often used for zwei in speech (especially on the telephone) in order to distinguish it from drei).

Eins is the only numeral to decline regularly for gender, number and case. It has the same forms as the indefinite article (see 3.2) when used with a following noun.

Decimals are written with a comma: 2,7 (zwei Komma sieben), 0,8 (null Komma acht), 34,75 (vierunddreißig Komma sieben fünf). Note that this differs from English, where a point is used instead of a comma.


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