Numbers 11–100
संख्याएँ ११–१००
German numbers above twenty are built in reverse order compared to English — "one-and-twenty" instead of "twenty-one" — but compared to Hindi numbers (ग्यारह, बारह, इक्कीस...), German's pattern will actually feel far more regular and predictable.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
Units first, then tens: einundzwanzig, not zwanzigeins
einundzwanzig (21) = ein + und + zwanzig ("one and twenty")
इक्कीस
In German, from 21 onward, the units digit is spoken first, then "und" ("and"), then the tens digit — a similar order to Hindi's इक्कीस (इक + बीस), where the unit also comes first. So 47 is siebenundvierzig ("seven-and-forty"), not "vierzigsieben". This makes German easier for Hindi speakers than for English speakers, since English's "forty-seven" runs in the opposite order. Numbers are always written as one long, unbroken word, no matter how large.
German numbers are far more regular than Hindi's
elf, zwölf, dreizehn... zwanzig, dreißig, vierzig...
ग्यारह, बारह, तेरह... बीस, तीस, चालीस...
In Hindi, almost every number from 11 to 99 has its own distinct, often unpredictable form (ग्यारह, बाईस, पैंतालीस, अठहत्तर — no clean pattern, just memorization). German is far more systematic: elf (11) and zwölf (12) are irregular, but from dreizehn (13) onward it's just -zehn added to the unit digit. Similarly zwanzig (20) is irregular, but from dreißig (30) to neunzig (90) it's just -zig added (thirty is the one exception, taking -ßig instead of -zig). Once you learn this pattern, German numbers will feel easier to remember than Hindi numbers.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| elf | elf | ग्यारहgyārah | eleven |
| zwölf | tsverlf | बारहbārah | twelve |
| dreizehn | DRY-tsayn | तेरहterah | thirteen |
| zwanzig | TSVAHN-tsikh | बीसbīs | twenty |
| einundzwanzig | eyn-oont-TSVAHN-tsikh | इक्कीसikkīs | twenty-one |
| dreißig | DRY-sikh | तीसtīs | thirty |
| vierzig | FEER-tsikh | चालीसcālīs | forty |
| fünfzig | FEWNF-tsikh | पचासpacās | fifty |
| sechzig | ZEKH-tsikh | साठsāṭh | sixty |
| siebzig | ZEEP-tsikh | सत्तरsattar | seventy |
| achtzig | AHKH-tsikh | अस्सीassī | eighty |
| neunzig | NOYN-tsikh | नब्बेnabbe | ninety |
| hundert | HOON-dert | सौsau | one hundred |