Breakdown of Der Kaffee kostet einen Euro und fünfzig Cent.
und
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der Kaffee
the coffee
kosten
to cost
fünfzig
fifty
der Euro
the euro
der Cent
the cent
Questions & Answers about Der Kaffee kostet einen Euro und fünfzig Cent.
Why is it einen Euro instead of ein Euro?
The verb kosten requires the accusative case for the price. Since Euro is a masculine noun (der Euro), the indefinite article becomes einen. You might hear native speakers casually say ein Euro in everyday speech, but einen is the grammatically correct form.
Why doesn't the word Cent get a plural ending here?
Is it natural to say und fünfzig Cent when talking about prices out loud?
It is grammatically correct, but sounds very formal. In everyday spoken German, people usually drop und and the word Cent completely. It is much more common to simply say: Der Kaffee kostet einen Euro fünfzig.
If I wanted to say the coffee costs me one euro, how would I add that to the sentence?
You would use the accusative pronoun mich: Der Kaffee kostet mich einen Euro und fünfzig Cent. The verb kosten is special because it can take a double accusative—both the person being charged (mich) and the price (einen Euro) take the accusative case.
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