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What are the dots that are over some of the letters in the words?

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They're umlauts. If you see them over a letter, you should say that letter as if there is an "e" after it. For example, ä = ae, ë = ee, ï = ie, ö = oe, and ü = ue.

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How do you write 15% in German?

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In German, you would write 15% as 15%. This would, of course, have a different pronunciation than in English.

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How do you pronounce the words without the little pronounce letters next to the words?

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You will have to memorize how they are pronounced. Or you can learn how to read in German so you will know how pronounce words correctly when you see them. If you're asking about the numbers 13-19, as the article explains, those are just made by putting together the words for 3-9 with the word for 10, and the pronunciations of those are provided in the first few steps of the article.

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How do I say 30 in German?

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"Dreißig" - it's pronounced [ˈdʀaɪ̯sɪç].

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How do I write eighty-eight in German?

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That's 'achtundachzig'. It's the combination of 8 (acht), and (und), 80 (achzig).

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How do I say first, second, and third in German?

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First: erste (if female), erster (if male), erstes (if neutral). Second: zweite/zweiter/zweites. Third: dritte/dritter/drittes.

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