Vocabulary
zwei
/tsvaɪ̯/· number
two
Everywhere you count. On the phone and in announcements many people say zwo instead, so that it can't sound like drei. You'll hear it, and you can say it too.
CEFR A1Frequency ●●●●●
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Forms
- in Ziffern
- 2
- Ordinalzahl
- der zweite
- am Telefon
- zwo
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
zwei
two
Zwei, vier, sechs, acht!
Two, four, six, eight!
Common combinations
- zu zweitthe two of us, as a pair
- zwei Jahretwo years
Common learner mistakes
- zwei said „zwy“, with an English zzwei [tsvaɪ̯]German z is [ts] and w is [v], so zw sounds like „tsv“: zwei, zwölf, zwanzig.
Real examples
- Ich spreche zwei Sprachen: Arabisch und Deutsch.I speak two languages: Arabic and German.
- Wie bitte? Zwei oder drei?Sorry? Two or three?
- Meine Adresse ist Goethestraße zwei, Berlin.My address is Goethestraße 2, Berlin.