German Numbers 1-20

[JayT7]

never realized the similarities to English

[WassupMan2012]

THIS IS FUUCKIN GAY lol saying that for the calamvale kids :p

[AuroraGamingClan]

@WassupMan2012 who r u i go to calamvale community college

[WassupMan2012]

@AuroraGamingClan LOL well bro i obvs cant say it on this video yeah?

[AuroraGamingClan]

@WassupMan2012 oh yeah woops hope they dont find me

[WassupMan2012]

@AuroraGamingClan who will find you  : bahah

[AuroraGamingClan]

@WassupMan2012 r u in casuarina

[WassupMan2012]

@AuroraGamingClan yeah bro . inbox man. check it

[WassupMan2012]

@AuroraGamingClan BAHAHAHAH you are mihai bahaha 

[AuroraGamingClan]

@WassupMan2012 who r u then

[WassupMan2012]

@AuroraGamingClan CHECK YOUR INBOX ON YOUTUBE THEN BRO! lo

[sueannwashere]

the fuck...

[thervcaguy]

fuck this im going to learn french then german

[gcastro44]

Good! I'm learning too. 20 is my favorite number to say. It sounds sexy haha. Zwanzig!!!

[DaMetooLurver1015]

I think the pronunciation is accurate, pardon me if I'm wrong. But could you slow it down a bit? I'm going for German classes and want to copy down phonics so I know the basics before the class starts. Overall this video has been useful, just a tad too fast for me.

[WithTheLem0ns]

I'm going to Germany New Years Eve... Need to know 10 - 0 so I can do the countdown XD Thanks!

[Maisy2987]

13-20 is the easy part, imo.

[Tns312]

Das war sehr gut! Viel Dank.

Ich Drücke die dir Daumen für immer!(:

[WeRArtsyFartsy]

German is so beautiful... :3

[carameltwix2201]

I'm learning german. It's so much like english that's why I picked it.

[easyonlinegerman]

Your pronunciation is very good. Only some little things: 5 is [fʏnf], 15 is [ˈfʏnftse:n], both with n instead of m. 16 is [ˈzɛçtse:n] with a soft ch in the middle, not a k like in 6 [zɛks].

[weizenkleie]

@easyonlinegerman Although many German speakers do assimilate the [n] in fünf and fünfzehn to [m]. I certainly do LOL

[easyonlinegerman]

@weizenkleie Yes, that's true. But I want to teach High German or standard German :-)

[Rennsemmel96]

@goingbacktotheroots7

Yes it is

[pipsloveshh]

Love german accents :)

[GoingBackToTheRoots7]

so after 12, it's like..

three ten

four ten

five ten

six ten

etc. ?

[Roozzy97]

I learned the numbers from 1 to 100 (in German) in one hour

[charizardpal]

Elf!

[MsWillyWonka97]

A boy I like just started counting in German in my class and he sounded like he was gay idk y but I had to hear how they say it again but he sounds kinda gay 2.....lolz xD

[TheyCallMeKAMiCHAMA]

i'm learning german.. i hope it's easier than italian or french :)

[ninjalanyards]

Vielen Dank!

[jeancarlocarlocarlo]

danke?

[TheDarkstar010]

~giggles~ even though i am english speaking i can almost hear words themselves as english instead of the german sounds lmao

[XxAssassiNxX089]

it sounds like english

[HappyIsFleeting]

@XxAssassiNxX089 Well English is based on German grammar and pronunciation. I actually speak both fluently.

[TheDarkstar010]

@HappyIsFleeting very nice... and im working on my german speaking skills... so yea its fun lmao

[HappyIsFleeting]

@TheDarkstar010 I was expecting someone to call me out on being here when I speak German fluently. BTW thank you. If you were wondering I was helping my friend who speaks little German. He is from Italy.

[TheDarkstar010]

@HappyIsFleeting of course not dude (chick?) german speaking is awesome..... very awesome

[TheDarkstar010]

@TheDarkstar010 very lmao

[Thegta4Fans]

Dank

[richyyxP]

i love those pronunciation brackets!

[AvanRJ]

The final [ç] sounded a bit like [x] instead.

Awesome transcriptions, and pronunciation, as far as i can tell, as a beginner/intermediate student of German.

I was wondering if there can be any difference between the aspirated and the unaspirated [ts], since they're affricates.

Also, if you're aiming at total speech-transcription accuracy, I think you pronounce 7 [zi:bn], with a syllabic [n] instead of [schwa+n] (which is the usual pronunciation, I suppose).

[May9328]

Sekzehn zwahnzech ? Schwitzer Dütsch? XD beste ;))

[kebs007]

pronunciation is as almost as hard as french. I'm learning french first. Grrr. Language.

[albedoshader]

The phonetic spelling for 16 is wrong. The correct spelling (IPA) is [ˈzɛçʦeːn]. [ˈzɛkʦeːn] is wrong.

And your pronunciation of 20 is different from what your chart says. [ˈʦvanʦɪχ] is wrong; the correct pronunciation and (IPA spelling) is [ˈʦvanʦɪç], like youre chart correctly shows.

The rest is pretty much spot-on, some minor

[trishx95]

@albedoshader are you a native speaker??

[albedoshader]

@trishx95: Yes, I'm German.

[trishx95]

@albedoshader Oh, okay...which city????

[albedoshader]

@trishx95: Essen, in the Ruhr Area.

[trishx95]

@albedoshader ohhh thats nice....i wish i spoke german :/

[USCSoundCheck]

great video. It would be helpful to add the spelling of the numbers to your video description for those who want an easy print-off. Feel free to copy and paste this. 0- null 1- eins 2- zwei 3- drei 4- vier 5- fünf 6- sechs 7- sieben 8- acht 9- neun 10- zehn 11-elf 12- zwölf 13- dreizehn 14-vierzehn 15- fünfzehn 16- sechzehn 17- siebzehn 18- achtzehn 19- neunzehn 20- zwanzig Thanks again for the video. Auf Wiedersehen!

[WillisTron]

Why does college require you to study? 0_o

I just want to play PS3 and party all day :(

[CnRDirt]

I have a test to say 1-20 and the alphabet in German tomorrow, and I've been sick the entire week so in fucked

[DeViiLPriiCess]

sech = zech :D

[trishx95]

The "r" and that "ch" sound...theyre both hard!!

[trishx95]

THE "R" IS MY ARCH NEMESIS!! ITS IMPOSSIBLE!!!

[albedoshader]

@trishx95: It's just a matter of training. Like the difference between the "ch" sounds in acht ['aχt] or echt ['ɛçt]. Don't give up, you'll get the hang of it sooner or later.

[whagwaanmabreda]

0:22

lol i dont speak like that

[bunnykiler45]

lol 11=elf

[mohfadel88]

VERYY BRETTY GOOD

[GuineaForce]

thanks

[Baebol]

cool video :)

[Bassistin167]

Es ist so schön zu sehen, wie Leute aus anderen Ländern Spaß haben, meine Muttersprache zu sprechen! :)

[TheAyo12345]

kool

[IgnasHirschLT]

Great 1-20 spelling learned, now 20-100 :)

[czechoid123]

Thanks for posting this, i'm taking German and my teacher is making me learn 1-20 in homework due tomorrow

[92REITAISLOVE92]

@JohnJohn43e  ...Howd u do the 'ss' thing heist????

[delamaciero]

@JohnJohn43e

Guten Morgen

Ich heiße Johnny ;)

[OoMisguidedGhostsoO]

omg i need to watch as many vids as i can i have a german test tomorrow and im still struggling on some stuff i hope i pass O.o

[Synth9960]

Waaaaa!!! x3 Germans like English!!! :) !!!

[PriNceSSofMusIc10]

13-20 is hard..

[proclarushtaonasat]

@PriNceSSofMusIc10 Most people are confused, because in the german pronouncication of numbers the tens-spot and the ones-spot are switched. 36 is pronounced sechsunddreissig (sechs-und-dreissig; six-and-thirty) for example

[proclarushtaonasat]

@PriNceSSofMusIc10 Many people are confused, because the one-spot and the ten-spot are reversed in german pronouncication. 18 is pronounced achtzehn (acht-zehn; eight-ten) with numbers bigger then 20 a und (and) is added: 45 is pronounced fünfundvierzig (fünf-und-vierzig, five-and-forty) the tens-spot is always added a -zig except for 1x (alsways x-zehn except for 11 and 12, elf und zwölf) 2x (x-und-zwanzig, not zweizig)and 3x (always x-und-dreissig) for anything else its yx (x-und-y-zig)

[albedoshader]

@proclarushtaonasat: The English way, is "strange" because they change the order for numbers greater than twenty. The German order is the same for all numbers greater than twelve.

11 and 12 are special cases in both languages, with the same Germanic root:

11/eleven/elf from Germanic "*ainlif" = ain+lif = one left (after ten taken)

12/twelve/zwölf from Germanic "*twalif" = twa+lif, two left

"lif" became Engl. "leave"/Ger. "bleiben".

That also hints to an Indoeuropean duodecimal number system

[OliverKahnNr1]

Chàsch s Zähli au uf Schwyzerdütsch (Alemannisch) versueche? xP

[kourin2688]

@OliverKahnNr1 i would love to watch your video for Zähli au uf Schwyzerdütsch haha (: unfortunately, I don't know anything about Swissgerman..

[EinfachWorm]

@OliverKahnNr1 ois zwoi drui des isch schwitzrdeutsch

mogst n schokli?

[HesseJamez]

@OliverKahnNr1

Isch bin ko Schwyzzr, obrr i versuchs:

oaz, zwa, dra, fürr, fief, siggs, ziebe, ocht, nein, zien.

[SammyTheHedhehog]

lol it's not "seckzehn", it's "sechzehn" ^^

[modernwarfare21727]

i love german

[Animan08]

I'm german and he speak the numbers wrong xD

[SammyTheHedhehog]

@Animan08 eigentlich nur die seckzehn und die zwanzich xD

[Synth9960]

@Animan08 Hahahaha XD

[TwilightFanSarah91]

hey, your 16 is...strange :D

But I can´t feel with you, I´m German XD

respect to all the people who want to lern german... it´s one of the most difficult languages I guess... I can barely tlk it myself :D

[bryantherandom]

this IPA thing should be a little less complicated >.> i still dont say dreizehn correctly

[instrodude94]

i really like this ive spent 5 mins on it and i already know by heart 1-10

[hcm9999]

Very good! Short and to the point!

[18eminemlover18]

Baha , cute voice

[JKCM4]

@18eminemlover18 sounds gay

[qwertzuiopue0815]

toll, nicht schlecht. ja, die "sechzehn" klingt wie "sekzehn"

aber trotzdem respekt! :)

[kourin2688]

@qwertzuiopue0815 danke! es ist schon 4 Jahre, dass ich kein Deutsch gesprochen habe. ): that's why i made such a basic mistake..

[Synth9960]

@qwertzuiopue0815 Ooooooooooooooh I understood something :D !!! I like German. Its English with a lot more letter (: jk!

Besides sounds soooo military!!! :P German is awesome. I'll try to get some german class (:

[X3SurSideDreamerX3]

Just wondering how many languages do you know? and which ones?

[kourin2688]

@X3SurSideDreamerX3 you can read my channel profile. i detail it there (:

[Sk8terBMX12]

Its german

[Datrokz]

is that german on the right to or what is it

[kourin2688]

@Datrokz the notation on the right is the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), basically showing you how to pronounce it using an alphabet that is consistent across languages.

[RedfishTM]

MISTAKE in the video:

"sechzehn" is pronounced with ç, [ˈzɛçʦeːn], like in "nicht".

Note:

In Southern Germany you could optionally say [ˈʦvanʦɪ_k_] insted of [ˈʦvanʦɪ_ç_], which councerns all "--ig"-words. (not --ig--). you still spell "Gerechtigkeit" (justice) [gəˈʀɛçtɪ_ç_kaɪ̯t], not [gəˈʀɛçtɪ_k_kaɪ̯t].

Or "Fertigkeit" (capability) as [ˈfɛʁtɪçkaɪ̯t] etc.

[kourin2688]

@RedfishTM Yea, I realized it afterwards.. and another user pointed it out for me too.

Thanks for the info about Southern German!

[lynny4488]

I notice you shortened the sieben to "sieb" when you said siebzehn. Does a person shorten sieben everytime you use it after the initial time? Example: Is it SIEBENundzwanzig or SIEBundzwanzig? Thanks!

[FruitsBasket1000]

it's SIEBENundzwanzig

you short the sieben just in the 17

[nickcairo24633]

neunundsechzig!

[Cinderpaw08]

My favs are eins zwei and drei.Drei is really fun to say

[ajmj120]

My favorite number is siebenundzwanzig. Such a funny one to pronounce.

[missbutterflykid]

i have a test tomorow so this will really help probaly the best one on youtube the others are really complicated

[koo472]

ty i had a test tommorow (really wish u included 0)

[creepingdeth1981]

null is zero

[TreCoolRockzXD]

THAX !!!!!!!!!!!!

[boba634]

How high can you count in german?

[Sapphiregriffin]

as high as you can count in english:

eins

tzwei

hunderd

fimphtausend

ein miljarde  not shur bout spelling

[boba634]

the spelling is eins

zwei

hundert

funftausend

one million I'm not too sure about.

[Sapphiregriffin]

einemilarde.........not one million but thanxs spelling is well what i suck at most

[boba634]

Thanks. But I was saying that I didn't know what one million was in german.

[halomaniac223]

was is das?

[catskineater]

almost perfect ... only your 16 needs improvement. the 6 in 16 is actually not the same as the 6 when it's alone.

the "ch" in 16 is a [ç] (like the "g" in 20 or the "h" in japanese "hito"), not a [k]. IPA calls it a voiceless palatal fricative, whatever :)

and yes, i'm a native speaker.

[kourin2688]

Ah yes, now that you've mentioned it, I do remember learning it pronounced as ich-laut. Haha, voiceless palatal fricative is correct. Thanks for correcting me! So do you study Japanese too?

[catskineater]

i used "hito" as a reference because of your "Japanese Numbers 1-20" video. But yes, as a matter of fact, i do learn Japanese at the moment :)

[gatodelaciudad]

Good job, thanks a bunch! :)

[AznFiercex3]

wow, this helped :)

I have a quiz tomorrow

thanks!

20 was tricky, so I was trying to get that right xD

[NasharaLaunyiah1992]

Thank you so much for this video! I have a quiz on the German numbers 1-20 and this video helped me with my pronunciation.

[kourin2688]

Thanks for watching! I hope your quiz went well. (:

[VonTyrant]

Sounds good to me. Well done.

[kourin2688]

Thanks! I wanted to leave a comment on your profile, but there wasn't a comment board. Are you a German speaker?

[VonTyrant]

Yes I was born in Germany, lived there for 10 years and moved to the UK 13 years ago. So my german isn't as good as it used to be, but I can definetly say you got the pronounciation right.