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Count Your Coins in German
Practise German numbers from 11 to 100 together by counting coins and stickers, talking about prices, and looking at books.
What you'll learn
- Recognise and say numbers from 11 to 100.
- Count coins, stickers and pages.
- Talk about small amounts of pocket money.
German phrases for count your coins
Du hast elf Münzen.
You have eleven coins.
Use du when speaking to one child.
Es gibt zwölf Aufkleber.
There are twelve stickers.
Es gibt means “there is” or “there are.”
Das kostet fünfzehn Cent.
This costs fifteen cents.
Das kostet is a useful phrase for talking about prices.
Du hast zwanzig Cent.
You have twenty cents.
Cent stays unchanged after a number when stating an amount.
Das kostet dreißig Cent.
This costs thirty cents.
Thirty is dreißig, with ß rather than z.
Du hast fünfzig Cent.
You have fifty cents.
Fünfzig means “fifty.”
Dieses Buch hat achtzig Seiten.
This book has eighty pages.
Dieses Buch means “this book”; hat means “has.”
Du hast einhundert Cent.
You have one hundred cents.
Einhundert Cent equals one euro. You can also say hundert Cent.
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die Münze / die Münzen
coin / coins
Use Münzen when counting more than one coin.
der Aufkleber / die Aufkleber
sticker / stickers
The noun has the same form in the singular and plural.
der Cent
cent
For amounts, say elf Cent, not elf Cents.
das Buch / die Bücher
book / books
The plural changes u to ü and adds -er.
die Seite / die Seiten
page / pages
Add -n for the plural.
kosten
to cost
Use kostet with das: Das kostet zwanzig Cent.
Numbers 11–19
Learn elf and zwölf separately. Numbers 13–19 end in -zehn. Notice the shortened forms sechzehn and siebzehn.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 11 and 12 | elf, zwölf | elf Münzen, zwölf Aufkleber |
| 13–15 | dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn | fünfzehn Cent |
| 16 and 17 | sechzehn, siebzehn | sechzehn Münzen, siebzehn Seiten |
| 18 and 19 | achtzehn, neunzehn | neunzehn Aufkleber |
Tens and one hundred
Most tens end in -zig, but thirty is dreißig. Sixty and seventy use shortened stems: sechzig and siebzig.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 20, 30, 40, 50 | zwanzig, dreißig, vierzig, fünfzig | Das kostet dreißig Cent. |
| 60, 70, 80, 90 | sechzig, siebzig, achtzig, neunzig | Dieses Buch hat achtzig Seiten. |
| 100 | hundert / einhundert | Du hast einhundert Cent. |
Numbers such as 21 and 35
For numbers between the tens, say the ones first, then und, then the tens. Write the whole number as one word. Use ein, not eins, inside these numbers.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 21: one-and-twenty | ein + und + zwanzig → einundzwanzig | Du hast einundzwanzig Cent. |
| 35: five-and-thirty | fünf + und + dreißig → fünfunddreißig | Das kostet fünfunddreißig Cent. |
| 99: nine-and-ninety | neun + und + neunzig → neunundneunzig | Dieses Buch hat neunundneunzig Seiten. |
More examples
Du hast sechzehn Münzen.
You have sixteen coins.
Practise the shortened number form sechzehn.
Es gibt vierundzwanzig Aufkleber.
There are twenty-four stickers.
German says “four-and-twenty.”
Das kostet siebzig Cent.
This costs seventy cents.
Compare siebzehn (17) with siebzig (70).