Master German Numbers

German places the ones digit before the tens in compound numbers — 25 is fünfundzwanzig ("five-and-twenty"). This traditional Germanic pattern, once shared by English, can trip up learners who hear the last digit first. German numbers are otherwise very regular, and long compound numbers are written as a single word, occasionally producing impressive strings like dreihundertsechsundfünfzig (356).

Watch the videos below, then download the Foreign Numbers app and practice what you've learned!

Number data and information courtesy of Omniglot.