How to Say ‘November eleventh’ in German
Der elfte November
dyer ELF-tuh noh-VEM-ber
[dyer ELF-tuh noh-VEM-ber]
💬 Usage Tip: German dates follow a day-month-year format, unlike the month-day-year format in the USA.
🇩🇪 In Germany: November 11th is the start of the Carnival season in parts of Germany, known as 'Karneval' or 'Fasching'.
Phrase Breakdown
Der
[dyer]
The
A definite article used before nouns to specify them as something previously considered.
Der elfte November ist ein Feiertag.
The eleventh of November is a holiday.
elfte
[ELF-tuh]
eleventh
The ordinal number representing the number eleven in a sequence.
Wir treffen uns am elften November.
We are meeting on the eleventh of November.
November
[noh-VEM-ber]
November
The eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
Am elften November fällt oft schon Schnee.
It often snows on the eleventh of November.
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