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How to Say ‘One meter eighty’ in German

Ein Meter achtzig

ine MAY-ter AHKH-tsikh

[ine MAY-ter AHKH-tsikh]

💬 Usage Tip: Height is said as metres and then the leftover centimetres, with no word for centimetres: ein Meter fünfundsechzig for 1.65 m.

Phrase Breakdown

Ein

[ine]

a / one

An indefinite article introducing the noun Zimmer.

Example

Möchten Sie ein anderes Zimmer ohne Straßenlärm?

Would you like another room without street noise?

Meter

[MAY-ter]

meter

Unit of length, about 3.3 feet.

Example

Der Tisch ist zwei Meter lang.

The table is two meters long.

achtzig

[AHKH-tsikh]

eighty

The number 80, often used for cents in prices like "zwölf Euro achtzig."

Example

Achtzig Cent fehlen noch.

Eighty cents are still missing.

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