This video is the lesson for German Numbers 0–20: Counting in German in the free A1 course — with the grammar written out, vocabulary and exercises.

German numbers 0-20 explained

What this video teaches

Learn to count in German from zero to twenty. Start with the building blocks eins to fünf and sechs to zehn, then the special cases elf and zwölf, and finally the teen pattern where you add zehn (dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn) all the way up to zwanzig.

Example sentences from the video

eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf

sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

elf, zwölf

dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn

... bis zwanzig

What is said in this video (German)

How do you count in German

or dreizehn or dreißig

Let's learn

Let's start with zero to five

one two three four five

These are your building blocks

Three means three

Memorize these first

Now six to ten

Sechs sieben acht neun

Zehn means ten

This word is important — you'll see it again in the teens

Eleven and twelve are special

Elf and zwölf

Key German words in this video

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