Vocabulary
vierzehn
/ˈfɪʁtseːn/· number
fourteen
Ages, house numbers, dates: vier + zehn. The i is short here [ˈfɪʁtseːn], not long like in vier.
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- in Ziffern
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- der vierzehnte
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vierzehn
fourteen
Zehn und vier ist vierzehn.
Ten and four is fourteen.
Common combinations
- vierzehn Tagetwo weeks, a fortnight
- vierzehn Jahre altfourteen years old
Common learner mistakes
- vierzig (when you mean 14)vierzehn-zehn is 13 to 19, -zig is the tens: vierzehn = 14, vierzig = 40.
Real examples
- Nummer vierzehn, bitte!Number fourteen, please!
- Hanna ist vierzehn.Hanna is fourteen.
- Die Hausnummer ist vierzehn, nicht vierzig.The house number is fourteen, not forty.