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Illustration of the A1 German word “dreißig”, which translates to “thirty”. Thirty small, golden birds taking flight from a single cage, forming the shape of the number 30 in the sky.
Thirty small, golden birds taking flight from a single cage, forming the shape of the number 30 in the sky.

dreißig

A1 · phrase

thirty

[ˈdʁaɪ̯sɪç]

dreißig in a sentence

Examples

Ich bin dreißig Jahre alt.

I am thirty years old.

Die Zahl dreißig ist eine gerade Zahl.

The number thirty is an even number.

How to remember it

DREI-ßig sounds like 'dry-sig.' Imagine *thirty* dry cigarettes being lit, creating a huge smoke signal.

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