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Illustration of the A1 German word “dreißig”, which translates to “thirty”. A grinning man in a party hat leans over a giant birthday cake crowded with thirty blazing candles, cheeks puffed to blow, the flames casting a warm glow on his face.

dreißig is part of Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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dreißig

thirty

/ˈdʁaɪ̯sɪç/

Examples — dreißig in a sentence

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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