FormZahl + Euro + (Cent-Zahl), ohne 'und' und ohne Plural-s bei Euro
Meaning and usage
Prices are spoken in two parts: the whole euros first, then the cents. 3,50 € is said as drei Euro fünfzig, and 2,99 € as zwei Euro neunundneunzig. The word und is usually left out, though you may hear it in casual speech: zwei Euro und fünfzig. The cents are often said without the word Cent.
The word Euro takes no plural ending after a number: zehn Euro, not *zehn Euros. Note also the punctuation: German writes a decimal comma (3,50) and a point for thousands (1.000), the opposite of English.
Examples 5
Ich verdiene hundert Euro am Tag.
I make 100 euros per day.
Ich verdiene 100 Euro pro Tag.
I make €100 a day.
Der Tee kostet zwei Euro.
The tea costs two euros.
Das kostet zwei Euro.
It costs 2 euros.
Das kostet ungefähr 30 Euro.
It costs about 30 euros.
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Correct answer: Euro
After a number, Euro stays the same and takes no plural ending.
- Euroen There is no plural form Euroen in German.
- Euros This adds an English-style plural -s, which German does not use with Euro.
- Euron There is no plural form Euron in German.
In this topic: Numbers, dates and time
- einundzwanzig, siebenundvierzig numbers 21 to 99: ones first, joined by und
- eins, ein Buch, einundzwanzig the many faces of the number one
- der erste, der zweite, der zwanzigste saying first, second, twentieth with the right endings
- der dritte Mai, am dritten Mai saying and writing dates with ordinals
- 1998, im Jahr 1998 saying a year: bare, with im Jahr, never with in
- halb acht = 7:30 halb + next hour means half before it
- Viertel nach sieben, zehn vor acht saying minutes past and to the hour with nach and vor
- 19:45 Uhr: neunzehn Uhr fünfundvierzig Saying clock times with the 24-hour clock
- 3,50 €: drei Euro fünfzig saying prices: Euro then cents, no plural -s
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. See sources.