7.7 Numbers from 100 upwards

Here are the basic constructions for German numbers which have more than two digits.

 

Vocabulary 1: Numbers from 100 upwards

100 hundert

101 hundert(und)eins

102 hundertzwei

103 hundertdrei

110 hundertzehn

150 hundertfünfzig

151 hunderteinundfünfzig

200 zweihundert

300 dreihundert

346 dreihundertsechsundvierzig

400 vierhundert

500 fünfhundert

600 sechshundert

700 siebenhundert

800 achthundert

900 neunhundert

999 neunhundertneunundneunzig

 

Explanation

1. German numbers above 100 are combined in the same way as numbers above 20. All you do is add the word for 100, 200 etc in front of the two-figure number which we learned to construct in Chapter 4:

7 + 60 = siebenundsechzig; 400 + 7 + 60 = vierhundertsiebenundsechzig.

 

2. Note that Germans normally say hundertzwei wher we would say "one hundred and two", and tausend wher we would say "one thousand". "Ein" is however normally inserted in complex numbers such as tausendeinhundert (=1100).

 

3. It is possible (but wholly optional), to insert "und" between "hundert" and "eins" in the German for 101, and also between "tausend" and tens or units, e.g. tausend(und)eins, siebentausend(und)elf.

 

4. Years are usually stated in hundreds:

- 1998 is written: neunzehnhundertachtundneunzig.

- The year 2000 is however written as das Jahr zweitausend and 2001 is written as zweitausendeins.

 

Vocabulary 2: Numbers from 1000 upwards

1000 tausend

1001 tausend(und)eins

1009 tausend(und)neun

1010 tausendzehn

1052 tausendzweiundfünfzig

1100 tausendeinhundert

2000 zweitausend

2003 zweitausenddrei

2010 zweitausendzehn

5000 fünftausend

10000 zehntausend

10001 zehntausendeins

50000 fünfzigtausend

100000 hunderttausend

500000 fünfhunderttausend