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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'.

Example

Ich bin dreiundzwanzig Jahre alt.

I am twenty-three years old.

vierzig

[FEER-tsikh]

forty

The number 40.

Example

Etwa vierzig Quadratmeter sind zu kühlen.

About forty square meters need to be cooled.

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