German reference

German numbers

31 words with English translations. 15 of them appear in the 5,000 most common German words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

31words
15in the top 5,000
Germanlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
einsoneoutside the top 5,000
zweitwo#150 0.088% of speech
dreithree#225 0.050% of speech
vierfour#431 0.023% of speech
fünffive#404 0.024% of speech
sechssix#546 0.016% of speech
siebenseven#760 0.010% of speech
achteight#725 0.011% of speech
neunnine#1108 0.006% of speech
zehnten#534 0.017% of speech
elfeleven#2174 0.002% of speech
zwölftwelve#1665 0.003% of speech
dreizehnthirteenoutside the top 5,000
vierzehnfourteenoutside the top 5,000
fünfzehnfifteenoutside the top 5,000
sechzehnsixteenoutside the top 5,000
siebzehnseventeenoutside the top 5,000
achtzehneighteenoutside the top 5,000
neunzehnnineteenoutside the top 5,000
zwanzigtwentyoutside the top 5,000
dreißigthirtyoutside the top 5,000
vierzigfortyoutside the top 5,000
fünfzigfiftyoutside the top 5,000
sechzigsixtyoutside the top 5,000
siebzigseventyoutside the top 5,000
achtzigeightyoutside the top 5,000
neunzigninetyoutside the top 5,000
hundertone hundred#2217 0.002% of speech
tausendthousand#1952 0.003% of speech
Millionenmillion#553 0.016% of speech
Milliardebillion#2784 0.002% of speech

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