Vocabulary
vierzig
/ˈfɪʁtsɪç/· number
forty
Ages, prices, house numbers: vier + zig. The i is short [ˈfɪʁtsɪç], like in vierzehn, and -ig sounds like ich.
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- in Ziffern
- 40
- Ordinalzahl
- der vierzigste
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vierzig
forty
Zwanzig und zwanzig ist vierzig.
Twenty and twenty is forty.
Common combinations
- vierzig Jahre altforty years old
- Mitte vierzigin your mid-forties
Common learner mistakes
- vierzehn (when you mean 40)vierzig-zig is the tens: vierzig = 40. -zehn is 13 to 19: vierzehn = 14.
Real examples
- Herr Weber ist vierzig.Mr Weber is forty.
- Ich bin siebenundvierzig Jahre alt.I'm forty-seven years old.
- Vierzig? Nein, vierzehn!Forty? No, fourteen!