Vocabulary
einundzwanzig
/ˈaɪ̯nʊntˌtsvantsɪç/· number
twenty-one
Ages, house numbers, dates. It shows how German says the numbers from 21 to 99 (except the round tens): the small number first, then und, then the ten, all in one word. eins becomes ein-.
CEFR A1Frequency ●●●●●
Your memory
New
Learning
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Forms
- in Ziffern
- 21
- Ordinalzahl
- der einundzwanzigste
One word, many lives
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einundzwanzig
twenty-one
Ich bin einundzwanzig.
I'm twenty-one.
Common combinations
- einundzwanzig Jahre alttwenty-one years old
- Nummer einundzwanzignumber twenty-one
Common learner mistakes
- einsundzwanzigeinundzwanzigBefore und, eins loses its -s: einundzwanzig, einunddreißig.
- zwanzigeinseinundzwanzigGerman says the small number first: one-and-twenty. Arabic does the same; English and Turkish put the ten first.
- ein und zwanzigeinundzwanzigNumbers like this are written as one word: einundzwanzig, siebenundvierzig.
Real examples
- Ich bin einundzwanzig Jahre alt.I'm twenty-one years old.
- Meine Hausnummer ist einundzwanzig.My house number is twenty-one.
- Nummer einundzwanzig, bitte!Number twenty-one, please!