1. You will practice your numbers 0-31 in this activity.
German Numbers
You will practice your numbers in this activity.

2. Numbers 0-6 Null = zero (0) Eins = one (1) Zwei = two (2)
Drei = three (3)
Vier = four (4)
Fünf = five (5)
Sechs = six (6)

3. Numbers 7-12 Sieben = seven (7) Acht = eight (8) Neun = nine (9)
Zehn = ten (10)
Elf = eleven (11)
Zwölf = twelve (12)

4. Pattern for the teens
To form the numbers you simply need to follow a pattern.
You take the base number 3-9 and add the word for 10 to it.
Thirteen becomes 3 (drei) 10 (zehn): dreizehn
Fifteen becomes 5(fünf) 10 (zehn): fünfzehn

5. The teens Dreizehn = thirteen (13) Vierzehn = fourteen (14)
Fünfzehn = fifteen (15)
Sechzehn = sixteen (16)
Siebzehn = seventeen (17)
Achtzehn = eighteen (18)
Neunzehn = nineteen (19)

6. The twenties
To form the numbers in the twenties, once again you will use a pattern.
You take the base number 1-9
Add the word “und” which means and
Then attach the word “zwanzig” which means twenty
21 = ein (1) und (and) zwanzig (20)

7. Numbers 20-25 Zwanzig = 20 Einundzwanzig = 21 Zweiundzwanzig = 22
Dreiundzwanzig = 23
Vierundzwanzig = 24
Fünfundzwanzig = 25

8. Numbers 26-29
Sechundzwanzig = 26 (note the slight spelling change of dropping the final “s” in sechs)
Siebenundzwanzig = 27
Achtundzwanzig = 28
Neunundzwanzig = 29

9. The thirties
To form the numbers in the thirties, you follow the same pattern as before
You take the base number 1-9
Add the word “und” which means and
Then attach the word “dreißig” which means thirty. Notice that dreißig is the word for three (3) plus the suffix (ßig)

10. Numbers 30 + Dreißig = 30 Einunddreißig = 31 Zweiunddreißig = 32
Fünfunddreißig = 35
Achtunddreißig = 38
Neununddreißig = 39

11. How well do you know your numbers?
How do you say one (1) in German?
Zwei
Drei
Eins

12. Correct
The number one is eins. Please continue to the next question.

13. Sorry
That is not the correct answer. Please answer the questions again.

14. Question 2
How do you say three in German?
Elf
Drei
Zwei

15. Correct
The number three is drei. Please continue to the next question.

16. Question 3
How do you say seven in German?
Sechs
Zehn
Sieben

17. Correct
The number seven is sieben. Please continue to the next question.

18. Question 4
What number is vier?
Four
Five
Six

19. Correct
The number vier is four (4). Please continue to the next question.

20. Question 5
What number is elf?
Twelve
Eleven
Twenty

21. Correct
The number elf is eleven (11). Please continue to the next question.

22. Question 6
What number is zwei?
Five
Three
Two

23. Correct
The number zwei is two. Please continue to the next question.

24. Question 7 How do you form the teens? Zehn plus base number
Base number plus zehn
Base number plus ßig

25. Correct
You form the teens by taking the base numbers 3-9 and adding zehn (10) to the end of it. Example: 14 = vier (4) zehn (10) vierzehn.
Please continue to the next question.

26. Question 8
How do you say fifteen in German?
Fünfzehn
Vierzehn
Zwanzig

27. Correct
The number 15 is fünfzehn. Please continue to the next question.

28. Question 9 How do you say seventeen (17) in German? Siebenzehn
Achtzehn
Siebzehn

29. Correct
Yes, 17 is siebzehn in German. There is a slight spelling change from the base number of sieben to form siebzehn.
Please continue to the next question.

30. Question 10
What number is zwanzig?
Ten
Twenty
Thirty

31. Correct
Yes, zwanzig is the number twenty (20). Please continue to the next question.

32. Question 11 How do you form the numbers in the twenties?
Zwanzig plus base number
Base number plus zwanzig
Base number plus und plus zwanzig

33. Correct
To form the numbers in the twenties, you must use the following formula
Base number + und + zwanzig
Please continue to the next question.

34. Question 12 How do you say twenty-eight in German? Achtundzwanzig
Zwanzigacht
Zwanzigundacht

35. Correct
Yes, twenty-eight (28) is achtundzwanzig in German. Please continue to the next question.

36. Question 13 What number is zweiundzwanzig? Twelve (12)
Twenty-three (23)
Twenty-two (22)

37. Correct
Yes, zweiundzwanzig is twenty-two (22). Please continue to the next question.

38. Question 14 What is the pattern for the number thirty (30)?
Base number + zehn
Base number + ßig
Base number + ty

39. Correct
Yes, the pattern for thirty (30) is the base number (drei) plus ßig to form dreißig.
Continue

40. How did you do?
If you did well, then you seem to know your numbers fairly well. It never hurts to review more though.
If you missed some questions, please spend some time reviewing your numbers. Making flashcards is helpful.