Zahlen 11-100 – A1 German Grammar

Numbers 11–100

The tens end in -zig (exception: dreißig). From 21 on, you say the unit first, then "und", then the ten.

Example: Ich bin einundzwanzig Jahre alt. (I am twenty-one years old.) Das kostet dreißig Euro. (That costs thirty euros.) Note: 21 is literally "one-and-twenty".

The tens

Structure from 21: unit + und + ten, written as one word: vierundvierzig (44), siebenundsechzig (67).

Common mistakes

• ❌ zwanzigeins → ✅ einundzwanzig.
• ❌ dreizig → ✅ dreißig (with ß).
• ❌ sechzehn/sechzig keep an "s": ✅ sechzehn, sechzig.