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How do you say "ninety-nine" in German?
neunundneunzig
In German, "ninety-nine" is neunundneunzig.
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Pronunciation
NOYN-oont-NOYN-tsikh. Neun appears at both the start and in the base.
Grammar notes
Neunundneunzig repeats neun, and is the highest two-digit number.
Example sentence
Der Cent war neunundneunzig Pfennige wert.
The cent was worth ninety-nine pfennigs.
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How to remember neunundneunzig
Neun twice. The last of the ninety-nine numbers.
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Questions about neunundneunzig
How do you say "ninety-nine" in German?
In German, "ninety-nine" is neunundneunzig. It is a noun.
How is neunundneunzig written in German?
neunundneunzig is written using the standard German script.
How is neunundneunzig used in a sentence?
Use neunundneunzig as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Der Cent war neunundneunzig Pfennige wert. (The cent was worth ninety-nine pfennigs.).
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"Ninety-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 九十九 (kyūjūkyū)
- Korean 구십구 (gu sip gu)
- Chinese 九十九 (jiǔ shí jiǔ)
- Spanish noventa y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) noventa y nueve
- French quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
- Italian novantanove
- Russian девяносто девять (devyanosto devyat')
- Greek ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وتسعين (tis'a witiseen)
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