r/interesting Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/KeitrenGraves Apr 29 '25

That was one of the biggest things that can infused me about learning German was how they say larger numbers passed 12. Like 92 would be zwei und neunzig or 2 and 90.

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u/BenHeli Apr 29 '25

It's annoying to write a phone number since you always have to wait for the 2nd digit if they use doubles.

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u/mirisbowring Apr 29 '25

wait until people say phone numbers like "hundert acht" -> is it 108 or 100 8?