Breakdown of Das Café braucht achtundfünfzig Liter Milch.
und
and
brauchen
to need
acht
eight
das Café
the cafe
Questions & Answers about Das Café braucht achtundfünfzig Liter Milch.
How is the number achtundfünfzig built?
In German, numbers from 21 to 99 are read backwards compared to English. You say the single digit first, then und (and), and then the tens. So achtundfünfzig is literally eight-and-fifty (acht + und + fünfzig). Notice that the whole number is written as one single word.
Why is there no word for 'of' in Liter Milch?
In German, when you have a unit of measurement or a container (like Liter, Kilo, or Glas) followed by the thing being measured, you don't use a connecting word for 'of'. You simply put the two words right next to each other: achtundfünfzig Liter Milch (fifty-eight liters of milk).
Why doesn't the word Liter get a plural 's' at the end?
What verb does braucht come from?
It comes from the verb brauchen, which means 'to need'. Because the subject is das Café (which acts as an 'it' or third-person singular), we drop the -en from the end of the verb and add a -t, giving us braucht.