Count to ten in English with me. Now count to ten in Irish: a haon, a dó, a trí… What sounds the same? Today we add German. Listen carefully: some numbers will feel familiar already.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Count from one to ten in German
- Spot German number words when you hear them
- Notice which numbers sound like English or Irish
We will learn the ten German numbers in two short sets. For each card: look at the English and the picture, listen to the German audio, repeat it twice with the class, then flip to see the spelling. After numbers 1 to 5, we chorus-count them together before moving on to 6 to 10.
You each have a printed bingo card. Imagine a busy Berlin market stall: the seller calls out prices in German (for example drei Euro or fünf Euro). Cross off each German number as you hear it. If you hear drei, put a mark on 3 / drei. First full line shouts Bingo!
Copy from the board into your copybook. Write the numbers 1 to 10 in German in a column, with the digit beside each word. Take care with the two dots over the u in fünf .
| Digit | German | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | eins | ines |
| 2 | zwei | tsvai |
| 3 | drei | dry |
| 4 | vier | feer |
| 5 | fünf | fuenf |
| 6 | sechs | zex |
| 7 | sieben | ZEE-ben |
| 8 | acht | ahkt |
| 9 | neun | noyn |
| 10 | zehn | tsayn |
The wheel lands on a German number. We all whisper it together first, then one pupil says it clearly for the class before the next spin.
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