Numbers 0–20
Phone numbers, prices, ages, room numbers — the A1 Hören exam is full of numbers, so they must be automatic.
- 0–12 are their own words: null, eins, zwei … elf, zwölf.
- 13–19 add -zehn: dreizehn, vierzehn …
- But sechzehn and siebzehn shorten their stems.
| 0–6 | 7–13 | 14–20 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 null | 7 sieben | 14 vierzehn |
| 1 eins | 8 acht | 15 fünfzehn |
| 2 zwei | 9 neun | 16 sechzehn |
| 3 drei | 10 zehn | 17 siebzehn |
| 4 vier | 11 elf | 18 achtzehn |
| 5 fünf | 12 zwölf | 19 neunzehn |
| 6 sechs | 13 dreizehn | 20 zwanzig |
Tip
sechzehn (not sechszehn) and siebzehn (not siebenzehn) — the two spelling traps.