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How to Say ‘It is twenty degrees today.’ in German

Heute sind es zwanzig Grad.

hoin-te zint ess TSVAN-tsikh graht

[hoin-te zint ess TSVAN-tsikh graht]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting with heute pushes the verb sind into second place, ahead of es. Swap the time word: Morgen sind es dreißig Grad "Tomorrow it'll be thirty degrees".

Phrase Breakdown

Heute sind es

hoin-te zint ess

Today it is

'eu' sounds like 'oy': HOY-teh. 'sind' is plural because it refers to the degrees.

Example

Heute sind es nur fünf Grad.

Today it's only five degrees.

Words in this phrase

Heute

[hoin-te]

today

On this present day.

Example

Heute zieh' ich zum letzten Mal um.

Today I am moving for the last time.

sind

[zint]

are

A form of the verb 'sein' meaning 'to be'.

Example

Kreise Sind oft klar im Diagramm.

Circles are often clear in the chart.

[ess]

there / it

In es gibt, es is part of the fixed expression meaning there is or there are.

Example

Es in Es gibt kein Wasser ist Teil einer festen Struktur.

Es in 'There is no water' is part of a fixed structure.

zwanzig Grad.

TSVAN-tsikh graht

twenty degrees.

'zw' sounds like 'tsv', and the final '-ig' sounds like '-ich'. 'Grad' ends with a 't' sound.

Example

Das Wasser hat zwanzig Grad.

The water is twenty degrees.

Words in this phrase

zwanzig

[TSVAN-tsikh]

twenty

The number 20, often used for money amounts.

Example

Mit zwanzig Euro bezahle ich den Einkauf.

With twenty euros I pay for the shopping.

Grad

[graht]

degree(s)

Unit of temperature; neuter noun (das Grad), no plural ending with numbers.

Example

Es sind minus fünf Grad.

It is minus five degrees.

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