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Das Buch hat dreißig Seiten.

Das Buch hat dreißig Seiten.
The book has thirty pages.
From Lesson 57:Counting by tens to 100 (dreißig, vierzig)·German

Breakdown of Das Buch hat dreißig Seiten.

das Buch
the book
haben
to have
die Seite
the page
dreißig
thirty

Questions & Answers about Das Buch hat dreißig Seiten.

Why is 30 spelled with an ß (dreißig) instead of a z like the other tens?
It is a special exception! While 20 (zwanzig), 40 (vierzig), and 50 (fünfzig) all end in -zig, 30 is the only ten that ends in -ßig. You just have to memorize this spelling quirk.
What is the singular form of Seiten (pages)?
The singular is die Seite (the page). In German, most feminine nouns that end in an -e form their plural simply by adding an -n at the end.
Why do we use hat here instead of haben?
Das Buch (the book) is the subject of the sentence, acting as a singular it (es). The verb haben (to have) is irregular, and its he/she/it form is hat.
Why is it das Buch and not der Buch or die Buch?
In German, every noun has a grammatical gender. Buch is a neuter noun, so it takes the neuter word for the, which is das.

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