How To Read German Dates
German records also sometimes use the words Taufpaten or Taufzeugen to mean godparents 5. 250 rows The format ddmmyyyy using dots which denote ordinal numbering is the traditional.
Erste 1st dritte 3rd and siebte 7th.
How to read german dates. Not stating the day of the week. The grand opening is on 1st June. So now instead of der 4111990 it would be 4.
Sometimes the last two letters of the number as spoken can be used th rd st nd. An -in suffix added to a surname denotes a female. Viewed 86k times 25 The year 1995 is read in English nineteen ninety-five.
These records are kept by the civil registrar German. With the exception of May and June. This video includes an overview of ordinal numbers 1st 2nd 3rd etc and how they are use.
German terms for these records include Standesamtsregister Zivilstandsregister or Personenstandsregister. Godparents Although its difficult to read on this photocopy I believe this column is labeled Gevattern. Note that there are three irregular formations.
Today is the 7th September. In Germany the dates are noted DDMMYYYY while in the US they are noted MMDDYYYY So if you see a date in Germany the first number is always the day so 232015 means der zweite März Zweitausendfünfzehn If you want to express it shorter yo. German Grammar and Writing Here are a few helpful points to know.
This means we read the first two digits as a single number and then the next two digits with the same rule. Cross This indicates the date when this person died 6. Because other years in which an emperor died and a new emperor ascended to the throne 1868 1912 1926 and 1989 start over as year 1 after the ascension you have to know when the stamp was in use.
Civil registration records are records of births marriages and deaths kept by the government. Sie ist am 25. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births marriages and deaths.
Juni wurde er geboren. In this video I teach you how to read and write dates in German. In some situations such as in letters or other formal writing the date is.
HOW TO SAY THE DATES IN GERMAN. Am Samstag dem 5. Date of baptism 12 March 7.
The numbers from 0 to 19 end in te to form ordinals like zehnte 10th. On a Japanese postmark normally given in year-month-day order that date would read 1 12 25 Year 1 of Hirohitos reign was only seven days long. Expiration dates must be displayed in the format MM-DD-YYYY or MM-YYYY.
Fünfundzwanzigsten Heute ist der 25. When giving a date in German you state the number as an ordinal just like English. Lesson 10A1LEARN GERMAN FREE1how to say dates in german2dates in german3how to write dates in german4how to say.
Mai bis zum 20. The numbers from 20 and higher end in ste like zwanzigste 20th. If the expiration date is printed in a different format a sticker with the correct format must be applied covering the original expiration date.
Stating the day of the week along with date. How to Write German Dates. It is not a variation in spelling of the surname example Muller and Mullerin.
Juni fünfundzwanzigster Stating from one date to another without indicating day of the week. Include an article before the date. In addition German dates will often be preceded by am meaning on or der meaning the If you want to spell out the date its pretty much the same except the month is spelled out.
Dates are written in dmy or ymd formats for example 2221789 or 1789222. Juni geboren Heute haben wir den 25.
