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    1 year ago

    German numbers are weird because we kinda switch the last two digits.

    43 in most languages becomes ‘40 - 3’, but in german you say ‘3 & 40’.

    But we do not pronounce the whole number backwards.

    143 in most languages becomes ‘100 - 40 - 3’, in german you say ‘100 - 3 & 40’.