Ordinal Numbers Flashcards
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Ordinal Numbers:
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To form the ordinal numbers, just add -te to the cardinal numbers for 1-19, and -ste for 20 and up. The exceptions are erste, dritte, siebte, and achte.
first erste second zweite third dritte fourth vierte fifth fünfte sixth sechste seventh siebte eighth achte ninth neunte tenth zehnte eleventh elfte twelfth zwölfte thirteenth dreizehnte fourteenth vierzehnte fifteenth fünfzehnte sixteenth sechzehnte seventeenth siebzehnte eighteenth achtzehnte nineteenth neunzehnte twentieth zwanzigste
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Writing Dates:
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In writing dates, German uses the number followed by a period. On February 2nd would be am 2. Februar. However, when saying this out loud, you would say am zweiten Februar. You must use the constructionam + -ento answer a question beginning withWann?But you use the constructionder + -eto answer the questionWelches Datum?
Wannsind Sie geboren? When were you born?
AmachzehntenMai. On May 18th.
Welches Datumis heute? What is today’s date?
Heute istderneunteOktober. Today is October ninth.
