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4.17 Cardinal numbers

Cardinal numbers have the following forms in German:

0 null 10 zehn 20 zwanzig 30 dreißig 1 eins 11 elf 21 einundzwanzig 40 vierzig 2 zwei 12 zwölf 22 zweiundzwanzig 50 fünfzig 3 drei 13 dreizehn 23 dreiundzwanzig 60 sechzig 4 vier 14 vierzehn 24 vierundzwanzig 70 siebzig 5 fünf 15 fünfzehn 25 fünfundzwanzig 80 achtzig 6 sechs 16 sechzehn 26 sechsundzwanzig 90 neunzig 7 sieben 17 siebzehn 27 siebenundzwanzig 100 hundert 8 acht 18 achtzehn 28 achtundzwanzig 101 hundert(und)eins 9 neun 19 neunzehn 29 neunundzwanzig 102 (ein)hundertzwei 151 (ein)hunderteinundfünfzig 1000 (ein)tausend 200 zweihundert 1099 tausend(und)neunundneunzig 535 fünfhundertfünfunddreißig 1100 (ein)tausendeinhundert/elfhundert 999 neunhundertneunundneunzig 2305 zweitausenddreihundertfünf

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564 297 fünfhundertvierundsechzigtausendzweihundertsiebenundneunzig

1 000 000 eine Million 1 000 000 000 eine Milliarde 2 000 000 zwei Millionen 1 000 000 000 000 eine Billion

Usage with the numerals

Long numbers are hardly ever written out in full (except on cheques). If they are, they are written as a single word. Numbers from ten thousand are written with spaces or, sometimes, a point every three digits: 564297 or 564.297. Note that this differs from English, where a comma is used instead of a point. Eine Million, eine Milliarde, eine Billion are treated as separate nouns. They are written (and spoken) separately, and have plural endings where appropriate. Zwo is often used for zwei in speech (especially on the telephone) in order to distinguish it from drei). Eins is the only numeral to decline regularly for gender, number and case. It has the same forms as the indefinite article (see 3.2) when used with a following noun. Decimals are written with a comma: 2,7 (zwei Komma sieben), 0,8 (null Komma acht), 34,75 (vierunddreißig Komma sieben fünf). Note that this differs from English, where a point is used instead of a comma.

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