Numbers
සංඛ්යා
Count from zero to a thousand and build any number using simple patterns.
Numbers appear everywhere in the exam — prices, times, addresses, ages. Learn 0–20 by heart first, then the tens pattern unlocks everything up to a thousand.
0–10
null
zero
eins
one
zwei
two
drei
three
vier
four
fünf
five
sechs
six
sieben
seven
acht
eight
neun
nine
zehn
ten
11–20
elf
eleven
zwölf
twelve
dreizehn
thirteen
vierzehn
fourteen
fünfzehn
fifteen
sechzehn
sixteen
siebzehn
seventeen
achtzehn
eighteen
neunzehn
nineteen
zwanzig
twenty
Tens (20–100)
| German | Sinhala pronunciation | Meaning | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| dreißig | ඩ්රයිසිග් | thirty | drei + ßig |
| vierzig | ෆීර්ට්සිග් | forty | vier + zig |
| fünfzig | ෆුන්ෆ්ට්සිග් | fifty | fünf + zig |
| sechzig | සෙෂ්ට්සිග් | sixty | sechs + zig |
| siebzig | සීබ්ට්සිග් | seventy | sieben + zig |
| achtzig | අඛ්ට්සිග් | eighty | acht + zig |
| neunzig | නොයින්ට්සිග් | ninety | neun + zig |
| hundert | හුන්ඩට් | hundred | — |
Big numbers
einundzwanzig
twenty-one
hundert
one hundred
tausend
one thousand
From 21–99, German says the ones digit before the tens, joined by 'und' (and): 35 = fünfunddreißig (five-and-thirty).
21–99 අතර, ජර්මන් භාෂාවෙන් ඒකක ඉලක්කම පළමුව කියලා, 'und' (සහ) කියලා දහයේ ඉලක්කම පස්සේ කියනවා.
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What is 'fünf' in English?