German Numbers From 1 To 100: How To Use Them In Real Life (With Examples)

3, 2, 1 – looos!
(3, 2, 1 – gooo!)

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Ich habe fünf Sekunden gebraucht.
(I did it in 5 seconds.)

The German NUMBERS (0-100) & How to use them in real life

Spring German teacher Denis will tell you everything you need to know about German numbers now from 1 to 100.

Let’s begin with the numbers zero to twelve, because after that, everything becomes easier. 😉

1. German numbers from 0 to 12 (null – zwölf)

Repeat after me:

GermanNumber
null0
eins1
zwei2
drei3
vier4
fünf5
sechs6
sieben7
acht8
neun9
zehn10
elf11
zwölf12

Guten Morgen. Ich hätte gerne drei Brötchen und sechs Brezeln bitte.
(Good morning. I would like 3 bread rolls and 6 pretzels please.)

Alles klar. Das macht dann sieben Euro bitte.
(Alright. That’s 7 euros please.)

Hier sind zehn Euro.
(Here are 10 euros.)

Und drei Euro zurück. Einen schönen Tag noch!
(And 3 euros back. Have a good day!)

Ebenso!
(You too!)

Now that you’ve learned the numbers to zwölf (12), you can say the next numbers easily.

For saying 13 for example, you just say drei which means three, and then zehn, which means ten. So together it’s dreizehn, 13.

Now, let’s count from dreizehn (13) to zwanzig (20).

2. Numbers from 12 to 20 (zwölf – zwanzig)

GermanNumber
dreizehn13
vierzehn14
fünfzehn15
sechzehn16
siebzehn17
achtzehn18
neunzehn19
zwanzig20

You may notice, that sechzehn and siebzehn are not pronounced like sechs (six) and zehn (ten) or sieben (seven) and zehn (ten). Say it like this “sech-zehn”, “sieb-zehn” .

CHUNK ALERT!

If you want to ask someone for their phone number, say “Kann ich deine Nummer haben?” (Can I have your phone number?)

Kann ich deine Nummer haben? Dann können wir uns das nächste Mal schon vor dem Kurs treffen.
(Can I have your phone number? Then we can meet up before the lesson already. )

Gerne! Meine Telefonnummer ist 0159 10132015. Und deine?
(I’d love to! My number is 0159 10132015. And yours?)

Das ist ja leicht. Meine ist komplizierter: 0151 43521678.
(That’s an easy number. Mine is more complicated: 0151 43521678.)

Danke dir. Ich ruf dich an. Bye!
(Thank you. I will call you. Bye!)

Bye!
(Bye!)

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After twenty, you now say every number as “one-and-twenty”, “two-and-twenty” and so on…

In German it sounds like this:

3. German numbers from 21 to 30

GermanNumber
einundzwanzig21
zweiundzwanzig22
dreiundzwanzig23
vierundzwanzig24
fünfundzwanzig25
sechsundzwanzig26
siebenundzwanzig27
achtundzwanzig28
neunundzwanzig29
dreißig30

Let’s use this to open a door in my Adventskalender (Advent calendar). Let’s open door number einundzwanzig (21).

Wow. Es ist ein kleiner, süßer Pandabär. (Wow. It’s a small, cute panda bear.)

german numbers from 20 explained and listed by denisa spring german teacher

Und means “And” in German. Now, you can count to 100.

But wait: you have to name more than just zehn (10) and zwanzig (20) right?

And all these numbers might come in handy when e.g. you want to talk about the weather in German.

Here are the rows of tens:

4. German number for the rows of tens

GermanNumber
zehn10
zwanzig20
dreißig30
vierzig40
fünfzig50
sechzig60
siebzig70
achtzig80
neunzig90
hundert100

5. Quiz for German numbers

Let’s do a quiz to check your knowledge. We’ll say a few numbers in English and you try to say them in German:  

  • 35 → fünfunddreißig (35)
  • 60 → sechzig (60)

Now let’s try a phone number. In Germany, every number starts with a “null” (0) so here is the number:

0151 39347810

Stop the video if you need some extra time.

It’s null – eins – fünf – eins – drei – neun – drei – vier – sieben – acht – eins – null.

Great!

Oma. Kann ich dich fragen, wie alt du bist?
(Grandma. May I ask you how old you are?)

Ach mein Liebling… In deinen Augen bin ich wahrscheinlich schon über hundert Jahre alt. Aber innerlich fühle ich mich noch zwanzig. Hast du schon mein neues orangenes Kleid gesehen?
(Well my darling… In your eyes I may be over 100 years old. But inside I still feel 20. Did you see my new orange dress?)

Alles klar Oma. Dein Kleid steht dir sehr gut.
(Alright Grandma. Your dress suits you very well. )

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