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    German Numbers 0 to 100 with Audio Pronunciation

    Every German number from 0 to 100 on one page. Press the speaker on any card to hear it spoken by a native-sounding German voice, and check the accepted spelling variants next to each one. Two of them are worth knowing before you read the list: "zwei" (2) is often said as "zwo" on the phone or radio so it is not confused with "drei" (3), and ü can be written as ue when the keyboard has no umlaut. For how the number system works, why 21 is "einundzwanzig" (one-and-twenty), and the common mistakes, read the guide to counting in German.

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    0

    null

    1

    eins

    2

    zwei

    zwo

    3

    drei

    4

    vier

    5

    fünf

    fuenf

    6

    sechs

    7

    sieben

    8

    acht

    9

    neun

    10

    zehn

    11

    elf

    12

    zwölf

    zwoelf

    13

    dreizehn

    14

    vierzehn

    15

    fünfzehn

    fuenfzehn

    16

    sechzehn

    17

    siebzehn

    18

    achtzehn

    19

    neunzehn

    20

    zwanzig

    21

    einundzwanzig

    22

    zweiundzwanzig

    zwoundzwanzig

    23

    dreiundzwanzig

    24

    vierundzwanzig

    25

    fünfundzwanzig

    fuenfundzwanzig

    26

    sechsundzwanzig

    27

    siebenundzwanzig

    28

    achtundzwanzig

    29

    neunundzwanzig

    30

    dreißig

    dreissig

    31

    einunddreißig

    einunddreissig

    32

    zweiunddreißig

    zwounddreissig

    zweiunddreissig

    zwounddreißig

    33

    dreiunddreißig

    dreiunddreissig

    34

    vierunddreißig

    vierunddreissig

    35

    fünfunddreißig

    fuenfunddreissig

    fünfunddreissig

    fuenfunddreißig

    36

    sechsunddreißig

    sechsunddreissig

    37

    siebenunddreißig

    siebenunddreissig

    38

    achtunddreißig

    achtunddreissig

    39

    neununddreißig

    neununddreissig

    40

    vierzig

    41

    einundvierzig

    42

    zweiundvierzig

    zwoundvierzig

    43

    dreiundvierzig

    44

    vierundvierzig

    45

    fünfundvierzig

    fuenfundvierzig

    46

    sechsundvierzig

    47

    siebenundvierzig

    48

    achtundvierzig

    49

    neunundvierzig

    50

    fünfzig

    fuenfzig

    51

    einundfünfzig

    einundfuenfzig

    52

    zweiundfünfzig

    zwoundfuenfzig

    zweiundfuenfzig

    zwoundfünfzig

    53

    dreiundfünfzig

    dreiundfuenfzig

    54

    vierundfünfzig

    vierundfuenfzig

    55

    fünfundfünfzig

    fuenfundfuenfzig

    fünfundfuenfzig

    fuenfundfünfzig

    56

    sechsundfünfzig

    sechsundfuenfzig

    57

    siebenundfünfzig

    siebenundfuenfzig

    58

    achtundfünfzig

    achtundfuenfzig

    59

    neunundfünfzig

    neunundfuenfzig

    60

    sechzig

    61

    einundsechzig

    62

    zweiundsechzig

    zwoundsechzig

    63

    dreiundsechzig

    64

    vierundsechzig

    65

    fünfundsechzig

    fuenfundsechzig

    66

    sechsundsechzig

    67

    siebenundsechzig

    68

    achtundsechzig

    69

    neunundsechzig

    70

    siebzig

    71

    einundsiebzig

    72

    zweiundsiebzig

    zwoundsiebzig

    73

    dreiundsiebzig

    74

    vierundsiebzig

    75

    fünfundsiebzig

    fuenfundsiebzig

    76

    sechsundsiebzig

    77

    siebenundsiebzig

    78

    achtundsiebzig

    79

    neunundsiebzig

    80

    achtzig

    81

    einundachtzig

    82

    zweiundachtzig

    zwoundachtzig

    83

    dreiundachtzig

    84

    vierundachtzig

    85

    fünfundachtzig

    fuenfundachtzig

    86

    sechsundachtzig

    87

    siebenundachtzig

    88

    achtundachtzig

    89

    neunundachtzig

    90

    neunzig

    91

    einundneunzig

    92

    zweiundneunzig

    zwoundneunzig

    93

    dreiundneunzig

    94

    vierundneunzig

    95

    fünfundneunzig

    fuenfundneunzig

    96

    sechsundneunzig

    97

    siebenundneunzig

    98

    achtundneunzig

    99

    neunundneunzig

    100

    hundert

    einhundert

    How to pronounce German numbers

    German spelling is regular, so once you know a handful of sounds you can read every number on this page out loud. Play the clips above and listen for these:

    • ei sounds like "eye"

      eins, zwei, drei: "eyns", "tsvy", "dry". Never "ay" as in English "eight".

    • z is "ts"

      zwei is "tsvy", zehn is "tsayn", zwanzig starts with "tsvan". An English "z" sound does not exist at the start of German words.

    • v is "f", w is "v"

      vier is "feer" and zwei has a "v" sound in the middle. Swap the two English letters and you are right.

    • ch has two sounds

      After a, o, u it is the rough sound in Scottish "loch": acht, achtzig. After e, i, and at the end of -ig it is softer, like a whispered "h" with the tongue high: sechzehn, and zwanzig ends in "-tsich" in standard German.

    • sechs vs. sechzehn

      sechs (6) is "zeks", but the "s" drops in sechzehn (16) and sechzig (60): "zech-tsayn", "zech-tsich". The same happens with sieben (7): siebzehn, siebzig.

    • eu sounds like "oy"

      neun is "noyn", neunzehn is "noyn-tsayn".

    • ü and ö

      fünf: say "ee" and round your lips as for "oo". zwölf: say "eh" with rounded lips. ue and oe are keyboard spellings of the same sounds.

    • ß is a sharp "s"

      dreißig is "dry-sich". The ß only marks that the s is unvoiced; dreissig is the same word spelled without it.

    Compound numbers are stressed on the first part: EIN-und-zwanzig, not ein-und-ZWAN-zig. The und in the middle is short and unstressed.

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    Example Sentences

    Ich bin dreißig Jahre alt.

    I am thirty years old.

    Das kostet fünfundvierzig Euro.

    That costs forty-five euros.

    Wir treffen uns um sieben Uhr.

    We are meeting at seven o'clock.

    Er wohnt in Hausnummer zweiundachtzig.

    He lives at house number eighty-two.

    Es gibt hundert Fragen in der Prüfung.

    There are one hundred questions on the exam.

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    German numbers FAQ

    How do you pronounce German numbers from 1 to 100?
    Every number on this page has an audio clip: press the speaker on a card to hear it. The sounds that matter most are ei as in "eye" (eins, zwei, drei), z as "ts" (zwei, zehn, zwanzig), v as "f" (vier), and the ch sound in acht and in the -zig ending. Numbers from 21 to 99 are spoken ones-first: einundzwanzig is "one-and-twenty", stressed on the first part.
    Why do Germans say "zwo" instead of "zwei"?
    On the phone, on the radio, and in announcements, zwei (2) and drei (3) sound alike. Saying zwo for 2 removes the confusion. It is understood everywhere and you will hear it for prices, phone numbers, and train platforms, but zwei is still the standard written form.
    What is 0 called in German?
    Zero is null in German, pronounced roughly "nool" with a short u. In phone numbers it is read digit by digit: null eins fünf is 015.
    How do you say 21 in German?
    Einundzwanzig, literally "one and twenty". German says the ones digit before the tens for every number from 21 to 99, so 32 is zweiunddreißig and 99 is neunundneunzig. Eins drops its final s inside compounds: ein-und-zwanzig, not eins-und-zwanzig.