German numbers game
The full run from null to hundert, then the landmarks past it: zweihundert, tausend, eine Million. The two-digit numbers are where the work is, because German names the units before the tens and writes the whole thing as one word.
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All 108 words feed all seven games. Pop Quiz surfaces the ones you are slow on; The Vault is where neunundneunzig has to be spelled as a single fourteen-letter word, which is the point at which the pattern either has stuck or has not.
The 108 words you will practise
| German | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| null | 0 | nool |
| eins | 1 | eyns |
| zwei | 2 | tsvy |
| drei | 3 | dry |
| vier | 4 | feer |
| fünf | 5 | fuunf |
| sechs | 6 | zeks |
| sieben | 7 | ZEE-ben |
| acht | 8 | akht |
| neun | 9 | noyn |
| zehn | 10 | tsayn |
| elf | 11 | elf |
| zwölf | 12 | tsvurlf |
| dreizehn | 13 | DRY-tsayn |
| vierzehn | 14 | FEER-tsayn |
| fünfzehn | 15 | FUUNF-tsayn |
| sechzehn | 16 | ZEKH-tsayn |
| siebzehn | 17 | ZEEP-tsayn |
| achtzehn | 18 | AKHT-tsayn |
| neunzehn | 19 | NOYN-tsayn |
| zwanzig | 20 | TSVAN-tsikh |
| dreißig | 30 | DRY-sikh |
| vierzig | 40 | FEER-tsikh |
| fünfzig | 50 | FUUNF-tsikh |
| sechzig | 60 | ZEKH-tsikh |
| siebzig | 70 | ZEEP-tsikh |
| achtzig | 80 | AKH-tsikh |
| neunzig | 90 | NOYN-tsikh |
| hundert | 100 | HOON-dert |
| einundzwanzig | 21 | EYN-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| zweiundzwanzig | 22 | TSVY-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| dreiundzwanzig | 23 | DRY-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| vierundzwanzig | 24 | FEER-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| fünfundzwanzig | 25 | FUUNF-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| sechsundzwanzig | 26 | ZEKS-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| siebenundzwanzig | 27 | ZEE-ben-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| achtundzwanzig | 28 | AKHT-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| neunundzwanzig | 29 | NOYN-oont-tsvan-tsikh |
| einunddreißig | 31 | EYN-oont-dry-sikh |
| zweiunddreißig | 32 | TSVY-oont-dry-sikh |
| dreiunddreißig | 33 | DRY-oont-dry-sikh |
| vierunddreißig | 34 | FEER-oont-dry-sikh |
| fünfunddreißig | 35 | FUUNF-oont-dry-sikh |
| sechsunddreißig | 36 | ZEKS-oont-dry-sikh |
| siebenunddreißig | 37 | ZEE-ben-oont-dry-sikh |
| achtunddreißig | 38 | AKHT-oont-dry-sikh |
| neununddreißig | 39 | NOYN-oont-dry-sikh |
| einundvierzig | 41 | EYN-oont-feer-tsikh |
| zweiundvierzig | 42 | TSVY-oont-feer-tsikh |
| dreiundvierzig | 43 | DRY-oont-feer-tsikh |
| vierundvierzig | 44 | FEER-oont-feer-tsikh |
| fünfundvierzig | 45 | FUUNF-oont-feer-tsikh |
| sechsundvierzig | 46 | ZEKS-oont-feer-tsikh |
| siebenundvierzig | 47 | ZEE-ben-oont-feer-tsikh |
| achtundvierzig | 48 | AKHT-oont-feer-tsikh |
| neunundvierzig | 49 | NOYN-oont-feer-tsikh |
| einundfünfzig | 51 | EYN-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| zweiundfünfzig | 52 | TSVY-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| dreiundfünfzig | 53 | DRY-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| vierundfünfzig | 54 | FEER-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| fünfundfünfzig | 55 | FUUNF-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| sechsundfünfzig | 56 | ZEKS-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| siebenundfünfzig | 57 | ZEE-ben-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| achtundfünfzig | 58 | AKHT-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| neunundfünfzig | 59 | NOYN-oont-fuunf-tsikh |
| einundsechzig | 61 | EYN-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| zweiundsechzig | 62 | TSVY-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| dreiundsechzig | 63 | DRY-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| vierundsechzig | 64 | FEER-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| fünfundsechzig | 65 | FUUNF-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| sechsundsechzig | 66 | ZEKS-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| siebenundsechzig | 67 | ZEE-ben-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| achtundsechzig | 68 | AKHT-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| neunundsechzig | 69 | NOYN-oont-zekh-tsikh |
| einundsiebzig | 71 | EYN-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| zweiundsiebzig | 72 | TSVY-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| dreiundsiebzig | 73 | DRY-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| vierundsiebzig | 74 | FEER-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| fünfundsiebzig | 75 | FUUNF-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| sechsundsiebzig | 76 | ZEKS-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| siebenundsiebzig | 77 | ZEE-ben-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| achtundsiebzig | 78 | AKHT-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| neunundsiebzig | 79 | NOYN-oont-zeep-tsikh |
| einundachtzig | 81 | EYN-oont-akh-tsikh |
| zweiundachtzig | 82 | TSVY-oont-akh-tsikh |
| dreiundachtzig | 83 | DRY-oont-akh-tsikh |
| vierundachtzig | 84 | FEER-oont-akh-tsikh |
| fünfundachtzig | 85 | FUUNF-oont-akh-tsikh |
| sechsundachtzig | 86 | ZEKS-oont-akh-tsikh |
| siebenundachtzig | 87 | ZEE-ben-oont-akh-tsikh |
| achtundachtzig | 88 | AKHT-oont-akh-tsikh |
| neunundachtzig | 89 | NOYN-oont-akh-tsikh |
| einundneunzig | 91 | EYN-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| zweiundneunzig | 92 | TSVY-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| dreiundneunzig | 93 | DRY-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| vierundneunzig | 94 | FEER-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| fünfundneunzig | 95 | FUUNF-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| sechsundneunzig | 96 | ZEKS-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| siebenundneunzig | 97 | ZEE-ben-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| achtundneunzig | 98 | AKHT-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| neunundneunzig | 99 | NOYN-oont-noyn-tsikh |
| hunderteins | 101 | HOON-dert-eyns |
| zweihundert | 200 | TSVY-hoon-dert |
| fünfhundert | 500 | FUUNF-hoon-dert |
| tausend | 1000 | TOW-zent |
| zweitausend | 2000 | TSVY-tow-zent |
| zehntausend | 10000 | TSAYN-tow-zent |
| eine Million | 1000000 | EY-nuh mil-YOHN |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the German numbers lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
Why is 21 einundzwanzig rather than twenty-one?
German reads two-digit numbers unit first: ein-und-zwanzig is one-and-twenty. It holds all the way to neunundneunzig, nine-and-ninety. English did the same thing once, which is why four and twenty blackbirds still scans.
Why does dreißig end in ß when the other tens end in zig?
Thirty is the only decade spelled that way. Sechzehn and siebzehn also drop letters you would expect, and so do sechzig and siebzig. The set drills all of them rather than leaving you to infer the pattern.
Is zero null or nul?
Null, with two l. It doubles as the word for a zero score and, in Nullnummer and similar compounds, for something that does not count.
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