How to Say ‘Twenty-three forty’ in German
Dreiundzwanzig vierzig
dry-unt-TSVAHN-tsikh FEER-tsikh
[dry-unt-TSVAHN-tsikh FEER-tsikh]
💬 Usage Tip: In German numbers the ones come before the tens: dreiundzwanzig is literally "three-and-twenty". Prices drop the words for euro and cent, so vierzig here is the 40 cents.
Phrase Breakdown
Dreiundzwanzig
[dry-unt-TSVAHN-tsikh]
twenty-three
The number 23; German says the ones first: 'three-and-twenty'.
Ich bin dreiundzwanzig Jahre alt.
I am twenty-three years old.
vierzig
[FEER-tsikh]
forty
The number 40.
Etwa vierzig Quadratmeter sind zu kühlen.
About forty square meters need to be cooled.
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