Noted On Numbers Flashcards

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Hundred and thousand

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In German, it’s more common to use ‘hundert’ and ‘tausend’ rather than ‘ein hundert’ or ‘ein tausend’

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Using million/billion

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Eine Million/eine Milliarde/eine Billion are all treated as separate nouns
Eg zwei Millionen vierhunderttausend

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Numbers 1100-1999

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Usually stated in hundred

Eg 1996 = neunzehnhundertsechsundneunzig

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Cardinal numbers as nouns

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They are feminine

Eg die sieben, eine Fünf

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‘One’

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Eins is used in isolation as a numeral
Eg wir müssen mit der Linie eins fahren

Ein is used with a following noun and has same endings as indefinite article
Eg ein Tisch

Einer is used as a pronoun
Eg einer der Männer

After a determiner, ein declines like an adjective
Eg der eine (the one)

Ein has no ending if:
Used in construction ‘ein oder X’ or ‘ein bis X’

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Declension of cardinal numbers

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Cardinal numbers do not normally decline

However numbers 2-12 can have a dative ‘en’ when used in isolation
Eg nur einer von zweien ist als gesund zu bezeichnen

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To be first to

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German uses ‘als Erster’ or ‘der Erste’ followed by relative clause
Eg die russen waren die Ersten, die …

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Firstly, secondly etc

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German uses the stem of the ordinal with suffix ‘ens’
Eg erstens, zweitens, drittens etc

Alternatively, the forms ‘zum Ersten’, ‘Zum Zweiten’ etc

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Fractions

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Fractions are formed by adding ‘el’ to original ordinal stem
Eg ein drittel, ein Viertel etc.

They are neuter nouns and have an endingless plural (eg zwei Drittel)

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Half

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Half as a noun is ‘die Hälfte’
Eg die größere Hälfte

‘Half a’ is indefinite article with ‘halb’
Eg ein halbes Dutzend (half a dozen)

Half the/this/my is usually ‘die Hälfte’ followed by genitive
Eg Die Hälfte meines Geldes

German uses ‘eineinhalb’ or ‘zweieinhalb’ etc for one and a half/ 2 and a half etc

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Numerically equal distribution

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Germans use ‘je’

Eg ich gab den Jungen je zehn Euro (Inhabern the boys ten Euros each)

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Multiples

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German suffixes 'fach' to form multiples
Eg einfach (single), zweifach (two fold) etc
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Number of occasions

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-mal is added to the number to express number of occasions
Eg einmal (once), zweimal (twice) etc
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Suffix ‘erlei’

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Is used to express ‘x types/kinds of’

Eg ich ziehe zweierlei Bohnen (i grow two types of beans)

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