🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
ten
/tɛn/
A1 number Numbers
🇩🇪 German: zehn
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
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The number 10. It comes after nine. Ten is the base of our decimal number system.

Definition

🇩🇪 German

Die natürliche Zahl zwischen der Neun und der Elf.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Ordinal: tenth. Common collocations: ten out of ten (a perfect score), ten-minute break, ten o'clock. The prefix 'deci-' means ten (decimal, decade = ten years, December was originally the tenth month).

Cultural Notes

10 Downing Street is the official home and office of the British Prime Minister. 'A perfect ten' means someone or something is absolutely perfect. Counting 'ten to one' is used to build anticipation. The Ten Commandments are central to Christian and Jewish traditions.

Example Sentences

There are ten books for people to use.

"There are ten books for people to use."

🇩🇪 "Es gibt zehn Bücher, die die Leute benutzen können."

A person has ten fingers.

"A person has ten fingers."

🇩🇪 "Ein Mensch hat zehn Finger."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

There are ___ books for people to use.

Practice Quiz

1. Ten out of ten means:
2. Where is 10 Downing Street?

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