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Numbers, Dates, Time & Quantities

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Numbers, dates, time and quantities

For numbers over 20:

For numbers over 100:

Numbers in dates

The ordinal numbers (1

st

, 2

nd

, 3

rd

etc): In German, 1

st

, 3

rd

and 7

th

are irregular:

From the 4

th

to 19

th

, take the number and add '-ten' to the end, eg:

From the 20

th

upwards, take the number and add '-sten' to the end, eg:

Months

German English
Januar January
Februar February
März March
April April
Mai May
Juni June
Juli July
August August
September September
Oktober October
November November
Dezember December

Combining numbers and dates

Dates

Montag, den 22. Februar

The dot after the number is the abbreviation for '

-ten

' or '

-sten

'.

The digital clock

The 24-hour digital clock commonly used in Germany, especially for timetables.

The analogue clock

Examples

Asking for and giving times

As well as

'um'

, the following are useful when talking about times:

Other time vocabulary

Useful vocabulary: quantities

German English
ein Stück A piece
eine Dose A can/tin
ein Paket A packet
eine Tüte A bag
eine Flasche A bottle
ein Kilo A kilogram
hundert Gramm 100g
eine Tasse A cup
ein Glas A jar/glass
einmal One (portion)
zweimal Two (portions) etc

To use them, you don't need 'of' as in 'a piece

of

cake' - just

'ein Stück Kuchen'

.

Common mistakes made by English speakers

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