German Numbers 1-100

German numbers are built from about twenty words and one rule. Learn those, and every number below 100 follows from them.

Updated 2026-08-20

Numbers 0 to 20

0

null

nool

1

eins

eyns

2

zwei

tsvy

3

drei

dry

4

vier

feer

5

fünf

fuunf

6

sechs

zeks

7

sieben

ZEE-ben

8

acht

akht

9

neun

noyn

10

zehn

tsayn

11

elf

elf

12

zwölf

tsvurlf

13

dreizehn

DRY-tsayn

14

vierzehn

FEER-tsayn

15

fünfzehn

FUUNF-tsayn

16

sechzehn

ZEKH-tsayn

Loses the s of sechs

17

siebzehn

ZEEP-tsayn

Loses the en of sieben

18

achtzehn

AKHT-tsayn

19

neunzehn

NOYN-tsayn

20

zwanzig

TSVAN-tsikh

Counting by tens

10

zehn

tsayn

20

zwanzig

TSVAN-tsikh

30

dreißig

DRY-sikh

The only ten spelled ßig, not zig

40

vierzig

FEER-tsikh

50

fünfzig

FUUNF-tsikh

60

sechzig

ZEKH-tsikh

70

siebzig

ZEEP-tsikh

80

achtzig

AKH-tsikh

90

neunzig

NOYN-tsikh

100

hundert

HOON-dert

How German builds 21 to 99

German says the small digit first, joined to the ten by und, and writes the whole thing as one word. 21 is literally one-and-twenty.

The only irregular part is 1: it becomes ein inside a compound, never eins.

  • einundzwanzig21, one-and-twenty
  • siebenundvierzig47, seven-and-forty
  • neunundneunzig99, nine-and-ninety

21 to 30

21

einundzwanzig

EYN-oont-tsvan-tsikh

22

zweiundzwanzig

TSVY-oont-tsvan-tsikh

23

dreiundzwanzig

DRY-oont-tsvan-tsikh

24

vierundzwanzig

FEER-oont-tsvan-tsikh

25

fünfundzwanzig

FUUNF-oont-tsvan-tsikh

26

sechsundzwanzig

ZEKS-oont-tsvan-tsikh

27

siebenundzwanzig

ZEE-ben-oont-tsvan-tsikh

28

achtundzwanzig

AKHT-oont-tsvan-tsikh

29

neunundzwanzig

NOYN-oont-tsvan-tsikh

30

dreißig

DRY-sikh

The only ten spelled ßig, not zig

31 to 40

31

einunddreißig

EYN-oont-dry-sikh

32

zweiunddreißig

TSVY-oont-dry-sikh

33

dreiunddreißig

DRY-oont-dry-sikh

34

vierunddreißig

FEER-oont-dry-sikh

35

fünfunddreißig

FUUNF-oont-dry-sikh

36

sechsunddreißig

ZEKS-oont-dry-sikh

37

siebenunddreißig

ZEE-ben-oont-dry-sikh

38

achtunddreißig

AKHT-oont-dry-sikh

39

neununddreißig

NOYN-oont-dry-sikh

40

vierzig

FEER-tsikh

41 to 50

41

einundvierzig

EYN-oont-feer-tsikh

42

zweiundvierzig

TSVY-oont-feer-tsikh

43

dreiundvierzig

DRY-oont-feer-tsikh

44

vierundvierzig

FEER-oont-feer-tsikh

45

fünfundvierzig

FUUNF-oont-feer-tsikh

46

sechsundvierzig

ZEKS-oont-feer-tsikh

47

siebenundvierzig

ZEE-ben-oont-feer-tsikh

48

achtundvierzig

AKHT-oont-feer-tsikh

49

neunundvierzig

NOYN-oont-feer-tsikh

50

fünfzig

FUUNF-tsikh

51 to 60

51

einundfünfzig

EYN-oont-fuunf-tsikh

52

zweiundfünfzig

TSVY-oont-fuunf-tsikh

53

dreiundfünfzig

DRY-oont-fuunf-tsikh

54

vierundfünfzig

FEER-oont-fuunf-tsikh

55

fünfundfünfzig

FUUNF-oont-fuunf-tsikh

56

sechsundfünfzig

ZEKS-oont-fuunf-tsikh

57

siebenundfünfzig

ZEE-ben-oont-fuunf-tsikh

58

achtundfünfzig

AKHT-oont-fuunf-tsikh

59

neunundfünfzig

NOYN-oont-fuunf-tsikh

60

sechzig

ZEKH-tsikh

61 to 70

61

einundsechzig

EYN-oont-zekh-tsikh

62

zweiundsechzig

TSVY-oont-zekh-tsikh

63

dreiundsechzig

DRY-oont-zekh-tsikh

64

vierundsechzig

FEER-oont-zekh-tsikh

65

fünfundsechzig

FUUNF-oont-zekh-tsikh

66

sechsundsechzig

ZEKS-oont-zekh-tsikh

67

siebenundsechzig

ZEE-ben-oont-zekh-tsikh

68

achtundsechzig

AKHT-oont-zekh-tsikh

69

neunundsechzig

NOYN-oont-zekh-tsikh

70

siebzig

ZEEP-tsikh

71 to 80

71

einundsiebzig

EYN-oont-zeep-tsikh

72

zweiundsiebzig

TSVY-oont-zeep-tsikh

73

dreiundsiebzig

DRY-oont-zeep-tsikh

74

vierundsiebzig

FEER-oont-zeep-tsikh

75

fünfundsiebzig

FUUNF-oont-zeep-tsikh

76

sechsundsiebzig

ZEKS-oont-zeep-tsikh

77

siebenundsiebzig

ZEE-ben-oont-zeep-tsikh

78

achtundsiebzig

AKHT-oont-zeep-tsikh

79

neunundsiebzig

NOYN-oont-zeep-tsikh

80

achtzig

AKH-tsikh

81 to 90

81

einundachtzig

EYN-oont-akh-tsikh

82

zweiundachtzig

TSVY-oont-akh-tsikh

83

dreiundachtzig

DRY-oont-akh-tsikh

84

vierundachtzig

FEER-oont-akh-tsikh

85

fünfundachtzig

FUUNF-oont-akh-tsikh

86

sechsundachtzig

ZEKS-oont-akh-tsikh

87

siebenundachtzig

ZEE-ben-oont-akh-tsikh

88

achtundachtzig

AKHT-oont-akh-tsikh

89

neunundachtzig

NOYN-oont-akh-tsikh

90

neunzig

NOYN-tsikh

91 to 100

91

einundneunzig

EYN-oont-noyn-tsikh

92

zweiundneunzig

TSVY-oont-noyn-tsikh

93

dreiundneunzig

DRY-oont-noyn-tsikh

94

vierundneunzig

FEER-oont-noyn-tsikh

95

fünfundneunzig

FUUNF-oont-noyn-tsikh

96

sechsundneunzig

ZEKS-oont-noyn-tsikh

97

siebenundneunzig

ZEE-ben-oont-noyn-tsikh

98

achtundneunzig

AKHT-oont-noyn-tsikh

99

neunundneunzig

NOYN-oont-noyn-tsikh

100

hundert

HOON-dert

Plain hundert is just as common

Beyond 100

Everything below a million is written as a single word, however long it gets: zweihundertfünfunddreißig is 235. The unit still comes before the ten inside it.

Hundert and tausend need no ein in front when counting, though einhundert and eintausend are used when the count has to be unambiguous.

Million, Milliarde and their relatives are nouns: they are capitalised, they take an article, and they pluralise, as in zwei Millionen.

Hundreds, thousands and beyond

101

hunderteins

HOON-dert-eyns

200

zweihundert

TSVY-hoon-dert

500

fünfhundert

FUUNF-hoon-dert

1000

tausend

TOW-zent

2000

zweitausend

TSVY-tow-zent

10000

zehntausend

TSAYN-tow-zent

1000000

eine Million

EY-nuh mil-YOHN

Million is a noun, so it is capitalised and takes an article

Three sounds to get right

z is always ts. Zwei starts like the ts in cats, never like an English z.

A final ig is said ikh, not ig. Zwanzig ends the way ich does.

ei is eye and ie is ee. Drei rhymes with dry, vier sounds like fear. Getting these backwards is the single most common beginner mistake.

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