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Exercise on ordinal numbers as adjectives in German

Learn about how to form and use German ordinal numbers as adjectives.

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  2. Exercise on ordinal numbers as adjectives in German
  3. Exercise on the spelling of ordinal numbers in German

Fill in the missing words. Use the cardinal number (1, 2, 3 etc.) that is in brackets and transform it into the ordinal form (erste, zweite, dritte etc.).

 

Recap: Remember, that ordinal numbers from

  • 1 to 19 are formed by adding -te and
  • numbers from 20 and above are formed by adding -ste.

Also keep in mind that the ordinal number functions as an adjective when it stands before a noun and therefore needs to be declined!

Example: Bald ist ihr fünfunddreißigster (35) Hochzeitstag. (It will be their 35th wedding anniversary soon.) 

Wir wohnen im (15) Stock dieses Hotels. (We live on the 15th floor of this hotel.)

Petra hat am (3) September Geburtstag. (Petra has her birthday on the 3rd of september.)

Mein Pferd hat bei dem Rennen den (4) Platz belegt. (My horse finished the race on the fourth place.)

Sie beginnt bald ihr  (6) Semester an der Uni. (She starts her sixth semester on the university soon.)

Ein (2) Kind können wir uns nicht leisten. (We can not afford a second child.)

Morgen ist der (23) September. (Tomorrow, it's the 23th of september.)

Das ist mein (1) Urlaub in England. (This is my first holiday in England.)

Heute ist der (121) Tag in diesem Jahr. (Today is the 121st day of this year.)

Deutsch ist seine Muttersprache, aber Französisch ist seine (2) Fremdsprache. (German is his native language, but French is his second foreign language.)

Ich lese das Buch jetzt zum (5) Mal. (I'm reading the book for the fifth time now.)

 

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