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noun

das fünfzig

fifty

Eine Zahl. Sie ist größer als 49 und kleiner als 51.

Definition & meaning

fünfzig means fifty (50). It is the cardinal number that comes after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

Examples:

  • fünfzig Jahre — fifty years
  • fünfzig Euro — fifty euros
  • Ich habe fünfzig Bücher — I have fifty books.

Grammar & word origin

fünfzig is a cardinal number and is generally not declined:

  • fünfzig Menschen — fifty people
  • mit fünfzig Menschen — with fifty people

The word consists of:

  • fünf — five
  • -zig — a suffix used to form multiples of ten

Thus, fünfzig literally means “five tens.” The suffix -zig also appears in words such as dreißig (thirty) and siebzig (seventy).

Synonyms & antonyms

There are no true synonyms for fünfzig, since it is a precise numerical term.

Possible equivalent expressions include:

  • 50 — the numerical form
  • ein halbes Hundert — half a hundred; this is less direct and more descriptive

There is no exact antonym. Numbers on either side include:

  • neunundvierzig — forty-nine
  • einundfünfzig — fifty-one

Common phrases & collocations

  • fünfzig Prozent — fifty percent
  • fünfzig Jahre alt — fifty years old
  • der fünfzigste Geburtstag — fiftieth birthday
  • fünfzig von hundert — fifty out of one hundred
  • um die fünfzig — around fifty

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Examples

Er ist fünfzig Jahre alt.noun

He is fifty years old.

Fünfzig Personen nahmen an dem Treffen teil.noun

Fifty people took part in the meeting.

Fünfzig Äpfel liegen auf dem Boden.noun

Fifty apples are lying on the ground.

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