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USER'S GUIDE
GERMAN SYNTAX RULES
Numbers
Cardinal numbers of up to 15 digits are pronounced as full numbers, longer
digit strings are pronounced digit by digit. Leading zeros are pronounced sepa-
rately.
123.456.789.012.345 Hundertdreiundzwanzig Trillionen...
007 Nul nul sieben
Periods may be used to separate groups of three digits.
1.234 123.456.789
Decimal numbers may contain up to 15 digits before the comma and up to
15 digits after the comma. Periods may be used to separate groups of three
digits (before the comma). The digit string after the comma is pronounced
digit by digit.
100,65 Ein hundert Komma sechs fünf
1,2 Einz Punkt zwei
Cardinal numbers smaller than 32 followed by a period are pronounced as
ordinal numbers. This does not apply when they are not in the beginning or
end of a sentence.
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Roman numbers - numbers smaller than 10 that cannot be interpreted as
single letters - are supported. Roman numbers may be used separately and be
combined with proper names.
Abteilung IV Hundertwasser II
Telephone Numbers
Telephone numbers are recognized when parentheses, slashes or hyphens are
used to separate the country code and/or area code from the actual telephone
number. Use spaces and periods to separate groups of digits. The telephone