Usage examples of "zwölf" in German with translation to English

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Zwölf ist eine gerade Zahl. Twelve is an even number.
Sie ist gerade zwölf geworden. She has just turned twelve.
Drei mal vier ist zwölf. Three times four is twelve.
Ein Jahr hat zwölf Monate. A year has twelve months.
Mein kleiner Bruder ist zwölf. My kid brother is twelve.
Zwölf geteilt durch drei ist vier. Twelve divided by three is four.
Das Komitee besteht aus zwölf Mitgliedern. The committee consists of twelve members.
Vier Soldaten und zwölf Zivilisten wurden getötet. Four soldiers and twelve civilians were killed.
Ich habe zwölf Stunden im Zug verbracht. I spent twelve hours on the train.
Ich habe es für zwölf Dollar gekauft. I bought it for about twelve dollars.
Zwölf Jahre ist alt für einen Hund. Twelve years is old for a dog.
Er kann 100 Meter in zwölf Sekunden laufen. He can run 100 meters within twelve seconds.
"Wie alt ist sie?" - "Sie ist zwölf Jahre alt." "How old is she?" "She is twelve years old."
Das erste Flugzeug ist 1903 für zwölf Sekunden geflogen. The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.
Tom fing an, Boxstunden zu nehmen, als er zwölf wurde. Tom started taking boxing lessons when he turned twelve.
Als ich zwölf war, konnte ich über den Fluss schwimmen. I could swim across the river when I was twelve.
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Victor quer über den großen Sylter Deich. Twelve boxers chase Victor across the big Sylter dike.
Im Rechtssystem der Vereinigten Staaten besteht eine Jury aus zwölf Geschworenen. In the justice system of the United States, there are twelve people on a jury.
Wieso erzählst du mir plötzlich von Nilpferden? Ich sehe den Zusammenhang zwischen ihnen und deinen zwölf Goldfischen nicht. Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
Die Bauern hatten fünf Ochsen und neun Kühe und zwölf Schäfchen vor das Dorf gebracht, die wollten sie verkaufen. The farmers had brought five oxen and nine cows and twelve little sheep to the village; they wanted to sell them.
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