Learn German: Das Zimmer ist vierundzwanzig Meter lang. - The room is twenty-four meters long.

Das Zimmer ist vierundzwanzig Meter lang.

The room is twenty-four meters long.

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Questions & Answers about Das Zimmer ist vierundzwanzig Meter lang.

How is the number vierundzwanzig (24) put together?

In German, numbers between 21 and 99 are said "backwards" compared to English. You say the ones digit first, then "and", then the tens. So 24 is literally "four-and-twenty": vier (four) + und (and) + zwanzig (twenty).

Are numbers like vierundzwanzig really written as one long word?

Yes! In German, numbers below one million are always written together as a single, continuous word. There are no spaces or hyphens, so spelling it as vierundzwanzig is completely correct.

The English translation says "meters" (plural). Why doesn't Meter get an extra "s" at the end?

Most German nouns ending in -er don't change their spelling in the plural. Additionally, masculine and neuter units of measurement (like Meter) never take a plural ending when they come directly after a number. So whether it is one or twenty-four, it stays Meter.

Is the word order for describing measurements the same in German as it is in English?

Yes, it matches perfectly here! Just like in English, you put the number (vierundzwanzig), then the unit of measurement (Meter), and finally the adjective describing the dimension (lang).