Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Die Zahlen: Ordinalzahlen

A1 Grammar of Life - A1 - Ordinal numbers

Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Die Zahlen: Ordinalzahlen

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Ordinalzahlen dienen dazu, eine Reihenfolge darzustellen.
Ordinal numbers are used to represent a sequence.
Die Ordinalzahlen von 1 bis 10 lauten: erste, zweite, dritte, vierte, fünfte, sechste, siebte, achte, neunte, zehnte.
The ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 are: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
Die Ordinalzahlen von 1 bis 19 werden mit der Endung -te gebildet: elfte, zwölfte, dreizehnte, vierzehnte, fünfzehnte, sechzehnte, siebzehnte, achtzehnte, neunzehnte.
The ordinal numbers from 1 to 19 are formed with the ending -te: eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth.
Ab 20 lautet die Endung -ste: zwanzigste, einundzwanzigste, usw.
From 20 onwards the ending -ste is: twentieth, twenty-first, etc.
Wenn man Ordinalzahlen mit Ziffern schreibt, erhalten diese einen Punkt: 30., 47., 100.
If you write ordinal numbers with digits, they get a point: 30th, 47th, 100th.

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