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2. Grammar - Ordinal numbers

📝 rule:

A cardinal number is a number that says how many of something there are, such as one, two, three, four, five.

An ordinal number is a number that tells you the position of something in a list, such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc.


💡 form:

Ordinal numbers end in "th" , BUT:

  • one ⇒ first (1st)
  • two ⇒ second (2nd)
  • three ⇒ third (3rd)


Numbers
Ordinal Numbers Cardinal numbers
1 one eins 1st first erste
2 two zwei 2nd second zweite
3 three drei 3rd third dritte
4 four vier 4th fourth vierte
5 five fünf 5th fifth fünfte
6 six sechs 6th sixth sechste
7 seven sieben 7th seventh siebte
8 eight acht 8th eighth achte
9 nine neun 9th ninth neunte
10 ten zehn 10th tenth zehnte
11 eleven elf 11th eleventh elfte
12 twelve zwölf 12th twelfth zwölfte
13 thirteen dreizehn 13th thirteenth dreizehnte
14 fourteen vierzehn 14th fourteenth vierzehnte
15 fifteen fünfzehn 15th fifteenth fünfzehnte
...
20 twenty zwanzig 20th twentieth zwanzigste
21 twenty-one einundzwanzig 21st twenty-first einundzwanzigste
22 twenty-two zweiundzwanzig 22nd twenty-second zweiundzwanzigste
23 twenty-three dreiundzwanzig 23rd twenty-third dreiundzwanzigste
24 twenty-four vierundzwanzig 24th twenty-fourth vierundzwanzigste
...
30 thirty dreißig 30th thirtieth dreißigste
40 forty vierzig 40th fortieth vierzigste
50 fifty fünfzig 50th fiftieth fünfzigste
60 sixty sechzig 60th sixtieth sechzigste
70 seventy siebzig 70th seventieth siebzigste
80 eighty achtzig 80th eightieth achtzigste
90 ninty neunzig 90th nintieth neunzigste
100 one hundred einhundert 100th one hundredth einhundertste
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