German Conversation · Level 3
88 words
German word
zwanzig
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈtsvantsɪç/
Meaning
- numbertwenty
Example
Ich bin zwanzig Jahre alt.
I'm twenty years old.
More examples
Etwa zwanzig Minuten später begann die Sitzung.
About twenty minutes later, the meeting began.
Core concept
Two complete groups of ten counters sit together as one number.
Common phrases
etwa zwanzig Minuten
about twenty minutes
mehr als zwanzig Personen
more than twenty people
Similar words
zehn: The number 10, used for quantities and telling time.
zwei: The number 2, used for counting items and stating age.
einundzwanzig: The number 21, used for quantities and stating age.
dreißig: The number 30, used for quantities and stating age.
Definition in German
Kardinalzahl für zwanzig Einheiten; die Zahl 20, sie folgt auf neunzehn.
Word origin
Zwanzig developed from Old High German forms such as zwenzug, built from the ancestor of zwei and a Germanic ten-suffix related to English -ty; English twenty is cognate.
Usage tips
- For age, German uses "Ich bin zwanzig Jahre alt," with sein rather than haben and Jahre in the plural.
Related words
- Zwanzigerperson in their twentiesnoun
- zwanzigfachtwentyfoldadjective