German numbers • Berlin

Build any German number

German says the small digit first: einundzwanzig is literally "one-and-twenty" for 21. That flip is what trips up most visitors at a till or on a platform. Move the slider, watch the word build, and hear it.

21

You say the unit first, then the ten

Real Berlin numbers to try

Prices: the comma is the cents

A German price tag uses a comma, not a dot, and the euros and cents are often said as two numbers with no "and" between them.

3,50 €
drei fünfzig
"three fifty" = 3 euros 50 cents
4,00 €
vier Euro
a single AB ticket in 2026
2,80 €
zwei achtzig
the Kurzstrecke short hop
0,25 €
fünfundzwanzig Cent
the Pfand on a can or bottle
Numbers here are standard High German. In a fast Berlin accent you will also hear fuffzich for fünfzig and zwo for zwei on train platforms. Read the full guide →