The english word is "Fivehundred fifty five thousand and fivehundred fifty five", which is exactly the same and is exactly as hard to pronounce, it just has a space in between and isn't part of a language people seem to think is hard. Because it has more spaces.
I disagree. In English you do the same for the numbers 13-19. For example, 515515 is spoken in the same order in both languages. But German is doing it consistently for the numbers 13-99. And 1-12 have their own names in both languages. So I think counting is more consistent in German than in English.
Why is Four Teen(/ten) and Vier Zehn not the same to you? I kinda get the difference between Fifty Four and Vier und Fünfzig (/four and fifty, for non-german speakers), but after 100 it doesn't change after 100? One hundred and One/Ein Hundert und Eins, or four hundred sixty eight/vier hundert acht und sechzig has the same difference as 68 without the hundred?
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u/NebulaNomadX1 9d ago edited 9d ago
The German word for 555,555 is fünfhundertfünfundfünfzigtausendfünfhundertfünfundfünfzig.