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dreißig

/ˈdʁaɪ̯sɪç/· number

thirty

Ages, prices, minutes. It's the only ten with ß: dreißig, not dreizig. Listen carefully: dreißig (30) is not dreizehn (13).

CEFR A1Frequency ●●●●●
Your memory
New
Learning
Familiar
Strong
Mastered
Forms
in Ziffern
30
Ordinalzahl
der dreißigste
in der Schweiz
dreissig

One word, many lives

Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.

dreißig
thirty

Zwanzig und zehn ist dreißig.

Twenty and ten is thirty.

Common combinations

  • dreißig Jahre altthirty years old
  • Anfang dreißigin your early thirties

Common learner mistakes

  • dreizig
    dreißig
    30 is the only ten with ß: dreißig. (In Switzerland it's written dreissig.)

Real examples

  • Ich bin dreißig Jahre alt.I'm thirty years old.
  • Wie alt sind Sie? – Dreiunddreißig.How old are you? – Thirty-three.
  • Dreizehn? Nein, dreißig!Thirteen? No, thirty!

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