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Hearing numbers in German gives me always a pause. "Dreiundzwanzig" (23) - wait, let me swap the digits in my head so it would make sense for me and "Zwan" is n
by eveningcoffee 11y ago
Hearing numbers in German gives me always a pause. "Dreiundzwanzig" (23) - wait, let me swap the digits in my head so it would make sense for me and "Zwan" is not even "Zwei".
Also "Dreizehn" and "Dreißig" - ok, the first one is actually 13 and the last one is 30.
So there is a large research field awaiting. /s
- Todd 11y agoI agree that it does sound strange to an English ear, but that's just because we're used to our system. In English, after 11 and 12, we have three-ten, four-ten, etc. Just aged for seasoning.