null
the number 0; nothing
number
Examples:
• The temperature dropped to zero overnight.
• He scored zero on the test.
eis
the number 1
number
Examples:
• I have one brother.
• One plus one equals two.
man
a person of a specified kind
pronoun
Examples:
• One should always be polite.
• That is one I have not seen before.
zwei
the number 2
number
Examples:
• I have two sisters.
• Two plus two equals four.
drei
the number 3
number
Examples:
• She has three children.
• I will be there in three minutes.
vier
the number 4
number
Examples:
• There are four seasons in a year.
• She has four siblings.
fünf
the number 5
number
Examples:
• I have five fingers on each hand.
• She arrived five minutes early.
sechs
the number 6
number
Examples:
• She has six children.
• The meeting starts at six o'clock.
sieben
the number 7
number
Examples:
• There are seven days in a week.
• She has seven siblings.
acht
the number 8
number
Examples:
• There are eight planets in the solar system.
• She starts work at eight in the morning.
neun
the number 9
number
Examples:
• She has nine siblings.
• The store opens at nine o'clock.
zehn
the number 10
number
Examples:
• She counted to ten before responding.
• There are ten people in the room.
elf
the number 11
number
Examples:
• There are eleven players on a football team.
• She moved to London at the age of eleven.
zwölf
the number 12
number
Examples:
• There are twelve months in a year.
• She bought twelve eggs from the store.
dreizehn
the number 13
number
Examples:
• There are thirteen players on the roster for tonight's game.
• She turned thirteen last Tuesday and celebrated with a small party.
vierzehn
the number 14
number
Examples:
• The class had fourteen students enrolled in the first semester.
• She received fourteen birthday cards from friends and family.
fünfzehn
the number 15
number
Examples:
• She is fifteen years old.
• The meeting starts in fifteen minutes.
sechzehn
the number 16
number
Examples:
• She turned sixteen on her last birthday.
• There are sixteen teams competing in the tournament.
siebzehn
the number 17
number
Examples:
• There are seventeen students enrolled in the advanced mathematics course.
• She turned seventeen last month and is already planning for college.
achtzehn
the number 18
number
Examples:
• She turned eighteen and was finally old enough to vote.
• There are eighteen students enrolled in the advanced mathematics class.
neunzehn
the number 19
number
Examples:
• She turned nineteen just two weeks before starting university.
• There were nineteen students in the advanced mathematics class.
zwanzig
the number 20
number
Examples:
• She celebrated her twenty-first birthday last week.
• There are about twenty students in the class.