Vocabulary
vier
/fiːɐ̯/· number
four
Counting, phone numbers, ages. The v is said like f, so vier sounds almost like English „fear“. In vierzehn (14) and vierzig (40) the i is short.
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Forms
- in Ziffern
- 4
- Ordinalzahl
- der vierte
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vier
four
Eins, zwei, drei, vier!
One, two, three, four!
Common combinations
- zu viertthe four of us
- unter vier Augenin private (lit. under four eyes)
Common learner mistakes
- vier with an English v soundvier [fiːɐ̯]German v at the start of a word is usually said like f: vier, vierzehn, vierzig.
Real examples
- Zwei und zwei ist vier.Two and two is four.
- Ich bin vierundzwanzig Jahre alt.I'm twenty-four years old.
- Meine Hausnummer ist vier.My house number is four.