MODULE 1
A1 · Before Grammar

Numbers, Time
& Dates

Numbers appear in every section of the Goethe exam. This module makes them automatic — so they never cost you marks.

Why before grammar: A student who hesitates on numbers in a listening exercise loses marks that should be free. By the end of this module, you hear a number in German and write it without thinking.
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Lesson 1 — Numbers 1 to 20
Tap each card to hear it spoken aloud in German.
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Lesson 2 — Numbers 20 to 1000
Compound numbers and the German backwards pattern.
LESSON 2
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Lesson 3 — The dreizehn vs dreißig Trap
The most common Goethe listening mistake — fixed here.
LESSON 3
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Lesson 4 — Telling the Time
Formal and informal time — both appear in Goethe.
LESSON 4
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Lesson 5 — Days, Months & Seasons
All masculine — der Montag, der Januar, der Frühling.
LESSON 5
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Lesson 6 — Ordinal Numbers for Dates
erst-, zweit-, dritt- — irregular and regular patterns.
LESSON 6
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Module 1 · Lesson 1 of 6

Numbers 1 to 20 — learn these cold

Every compound German number is built from these 20 base numbers. They must be automatic before anything else.

🔊 Tap any card to hear it spoken aloud in German by your browser's German voice.

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eins
AINSS
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zwei
TSVAI
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drei
DRAI
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vier
FEER
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fünf
FÜNF
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sechs
ZEKS
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sieben
ZEE-ben
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acht
AHHT
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neun
NOYN
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zehn
TSAYN
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elf
ELF
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12
zwölf
TSVÖLF
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dreizehn
DRAI-tsayn
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vierzehn
FEER-tsayn
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fünfzehn
FÜNF-tsayn
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sechzehn
ZEHS-tsayn
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siebzehn
ZEEP-tsayn
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achtzehn
AHHT-tsayn
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19
neunzehn
NOYN-tsayn
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zwanzig
TSVAN-tsig
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Notice: eins becomes ein/eine before a noun — ein Mann, eine Frau. zwei is sometimes said as zwo on the phone to avoid confusion with drei. You will hear both.
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Video: Numbers 1–20 with Native Speaker
Embed a native speaker video — slow pronunciation then natural speed. Recommended: "Learn German with Anja" numbers series.
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Module 1 · Lesson 1 · Goethe Context

Numbers in real Goethe listening situations

Numbers never appear alone in the exam. They appear inside sentences. Press 🔊 to hear each sentence spoken in German.

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Phone Number
Goethe A1 Hören
Meine Telefonnummer ist null-sieben-null, vier-fünf-drei, neun-zwei-acht.
ANSWER
070 / 453 / 928
HOW TO LISTEN
Digit by digit. Zero = null. Listen for pauses between groups.
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Price at Market
Goethe A1 Hören
Das kostet drei Euro und neunzehn Cent.
ANSWER
€3.19
PATTERN
[euros] Euro und [cents] Cent. "und" connects them.
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Apartment Number
Goethe A1 Schreiben
Ich wohne in der Mozartstraße, Hausnummer achtzehn.
ANSWER
No. 18
KEY WORD
Hausnummer = house number. achtzehn = 18.
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Age
Goethe A1 Sprechen
Mein Bruder ist siebzehn Jahre alt.
ANSWER
17 years old
PATTERN
[number] Jahre alt. siebzehn = 17.
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