In German
zehn
Meaning: 10 (ten)
Example sentences
DieSchulebeginntumzehnUhr.
School starts at ten o'clock.
IchkaufezehnBrötchen.
I'm buying ten bread rolls.
EinMenschhatzehnFingerandenHänden.
A person has ten fingers on their hands.
Grammar note
“Zehn” is the cardinal number. The ordinal “der zehnte” (the tenth) is a different word.
Common mistake
Don't use “zehn” for “tenth”. Use the ordinal “zehnte”, as in “am zehnten Mai” (on the tenth of May).
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What is 12 in German?
“Zwölf”, which is irregular.
How do you say “tenth”?
“Zehnte”, as an ordinal.