why is 30, dreißig and not dreizig? i think i was taught dreizig, but then i started seeing dreißig. | German Learning and Discussion | Page 1

jovial plume Jul 24, 2023, 6:56 PM

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That’s all I’m wondering

abstract granite Jul 24, 2023, 7:01 PM

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it's just a matter of the historical evolution of the sound; a historical accident that doesn't have to concern us much
the sound at the beginning of -zig evolved into a sharp s rather than a "ts" sound, because this is the only one of the multiples of 10 between ten and a hundred where it comes directly after a vowel rather than after a consonant

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zehn, zwan-zig, drei-ßig, vier-zig, fünf-zig, sech(s)-zig, sieb-zig, acht-zig, neun-zig, hundert

ancient mural Jul 25, 2023, 4:09 AM

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abstract granite zehn, zwan-zig, dr**ei**-ßig, vier-zig, fünf-zig, sech(s)-zig, sieb-zig, acht-zi...

wow danke

#why is 30, dreißig and not dreizig? i think i was taught dreizig, but then i started seeing dreißig.