How to Say ‘Because of 99 balloons’ in German
Wegen 99 Luftballons
vey-gen nahyn-und-noyn-tsik looft-bah-lohns
[vey-gen nahyn-und-noyn-tsik looft-bah-lohns]
💬 Usage Tip: wegen is followed by a changed noun phrase; with pronouns you can hear it clearly: wegen ihm, wegen uns. With a bare plural like 99 Luftballons, nothing changes visibly.
Phrase Breakdown
Wegen
[vey-gen]
because of
Due to; on account of.
Wegen meiner Arbeit habe ich keine Zeit.
Because of my work, I have no time.
99 Luftballons
nahyn-und-noyn-tsik looft-bah-lohns
Words in this phrase
99
[nahyn-und-noyn-tsik]
ninety-nine
The number following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
Er hat 99 Aufgaben am Tag.
He has 99 tasks a day.
Luftballons
[looft-bah-lohns]
balloons
Flexible bags inflated with a gas, causing them to float in the air.
Die Feier war wegen 99 Luftballons bunt.
The party was colorful because of 99 balloons.
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