In German
sechsundfünfzig
Meaning: 56 (fifty-six)
Example sentences
IchbinsechsundfünfzigJahrealt.
I'm fifty-six years old.
DerBusfährtinsechsundfünfzigMinutenab.
The bus leaves in fifty-six minutes.
SechsundfünfzigisteinegeradeZahl.
Fifty-six is an even number.
Grammar note
German says the units before the tens, so 56 is literally “six and fifty”: sechs-und-fünfzig. The “und” is written as part of the word.
Common mistake
Don't write “fünfzigsechs”. German puts the single digit first, so the order is always “sechs” then “und” then “fünfzig”.
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Why is 56 “six and fifty” in German?
German reads two-digit numbers units-first: sechs-und-fünfzig, literally “six and fifty”. English says the tens first.
What is 65 in German?
“Fünfundsechzig”, literally “five and sixty”, the same pattern.