Vierzig
Forty
Language note: The '-zig' in 'vierzig' suggests a softer 'tsik'.
Culture note: The number forty was historically seen as a mystical number; rain fell for 'vierzig' days in the biblical flood.
Context: Her friend muses, 'So after the party, do you receive birthday wish?'
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Vierzig
[FEER-tsik]
forty
The number following thirty-nine and preceding forty-one.
Die Fahrradtour war vierzig Kilometer lang.
The bike tour was forty kilometers long.
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