Vocabulary
neunzig
/ˈnɔɪ̯ntsɪç/· number
ninety
Ages, prices, house numbers: neun + zig. And the last stop before hundert: neunundneunzig (99).
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- in Ziffern
- 90
- Ordinalzahl
- der neunzigste
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
neunzig
ninety
Achtzig und zehn ist neunzig.
Eighty and ten is ninety.
Common combinations
- neunzig Jahre altninety years old
- neunzig Minutenninety minutes (a football match)
Common learner mistakes
- neunzigneunneunundneunzigSmall number first, then und, then the ten: neun-und-neunzig, written as one word.
Real examples
- Frau Lehmann ist neunzig.Ms Lehmann is ninety.
- Neunundneunzig, hundert!Ninety-nine, a hundred!
- Neunzig, nicht neunzehn!Ninety, not nineteen!