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Die Zahlenschlacht
Pick a tier, hit start, and out-multiply the clock. Every card is a German disguise — read sieben, think 7, then fire.
Number clues show at Rookie, then fade as you rank up. Need them back? Flip Number clues on.
Sum of 10 Showdown
Two cards flip. Decode the German, decide fast — do they add up to zehn? Tap a verdict before the clock runs out.
Number clues show at Rookie, then fade as you rank up. Need them back? Flip Number clues on.
Numbers speak German.
Your brain does the translating.
Every card shows a German word or a fact from German life. Kids decode the number — sieben means 7 — then multiply or add. Two subjects at once: a math drill and a German lesson, so word-lovers and number-lovers both get a foothold.
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Decode the card
See “Sieben.” Think 7. The German is the clue; the value is the answer hiding underneath.
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Battle the values
Two cards flip. Multiply them — 7 × 3 — and the first to shout 21 wins both cards.
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Take the pile
Win rounds, take cards. Most cards wins the war. Switch to Summen aus Zehn any time for younger players.
Every number, two disguises.
Each value hides inside a German number word and a fact from German life. Learn the pair once and you read the whole deck on sight — und schon geht's los.
WILD Cards
The stories behind the numbers.
Each disguise carries a slice of German language and culture. Tap a number to read the connection — the reason the word, the picture, and the value belong together.
1Eins, Brandenburger Tor
Eins is the first word every German learner counts. Its landmark is the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin — a single triumphal gate crowned by the Quadriga chariot. Built in the 1790s, it stood walled off during the Cold War and became the backdrop for reunification in 1989. One gate, one nation made whole again — eins.
2Zwei, Türme des Kölner Doms
Zwei is where German plurals begin. Cologne Cathedral — der Kölner Dom — raises two soaring Gothic spires over the Rhine. Begun in 1248 and finished only in 1880, it was briefly the tallest building in the world. Two towers, zwei Türme.
3Drei, Schwarz-Rot-Gold
The German flag flies three horizontal bands — schwarz, rot, gold (black, red, gold). The colours trace back to 19th-century movements for a free and united Germany, and were adopted by the modern republic in 1949. Three stripes, drei Farben.
4Vier, Bremer Stadtmusikanten
The Bremen Town Musicians — die Bremer Stadtmusikanten — are four animals from a Brothers Grimm tale: a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster who stack one atop another to scare off robbers. A beloved bronze statue of the four stands in Bremen to this day. Four musicians, vier Tiere.
5Fünf, Museumsinsel
Berlin's Museumsinsel — Museum Island — gathers five world-class museums on a single island in the Spree river, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Antiquities, sculpture, and the famous bust of Nefertiti all live here. Five houses of art, fünf Museen.
6Sechs, Sechs Richtige
In the German lottery, Lotto 6 aus 49, players pick six numbers. Matching all six — sechs Richtige — is the jackpot dream broadcast on Saturday-night television for generations. Six lucky numbers, sechs.
7Sieben, Die Sieben Zwerge
Die sieben Zwerge — the seven dwarfs — mine and sing their way through the Brothers Grimm tale of Schneewittchen (Snow White). Grimm fairy tales, collected in the early 1800s, are one of Germany's great gifts to childhood. Seven dwarfs, sieben.
8Acht, Arme eines Oktopus
The octopus waves eight arms, each lined with suckers and startling intelligence. German shares the Latin root in Oktober and Oktagon — wherever oct- or acht appears, count to eight. Eight arms, acht Arme.
9Neun, Beethovens Neunte
Ludwig van Beethoven — born in Bonn in 1770 — wrote nine symphonies. His Ninth, the Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy), became the anthem of Europe. Fittingly, neun even echoes neu — the sound of something newly begun. Nine symphonies, neun.
11Elf Freunde
German football lives by a famous line from national coach Sepp Herberger: „Elf Freunde müsst ihr sein" — you must be eleven friends. A football team fields eleven players, and the phrase became shorthand for teamwork itself. Eleven friends, elf.
16Bundesländer
Germany is a federation of sixteen states — sechzehn Bundesländer — from the tiny city-state of Bremen to vast Bavaria. Each has its own parliament, capital, and character. Sixteen states, one country.
24Vierundzwanzig Stunden
A day holds vierundzwanzig Stunden — twenty-four hours. German builds the number backwards in speech: vier-und-zwanzig, literally "four-and-twenty," a quirk that trips up nearly every learner. Twenty-four hours, 24 Stunden.
30Dreißig Tage
German children learn a counting rhyme just like English speakers do: „Dreißig Tage hat September…" — thirty days has September. It's the jingle that fixes the calendar in memory. Thirty days, dreißig.
Print the deck.
Los geht's!
One download: the full German deck of disguised-number cards plus wild cards, sized for cardstock, with rules for both ways to play. Cut, deal, and battle for math fluency and German numbers — no screens required.
Number Battle
Flip two cards, first to shout the product wins the pile. Multiplication fluency, auf Deutsch.
Sum of 10 Showdown
Hunt for pairs that add to zehn. Fast number sense for the youngest players.
Teachers & parents put it to work as a…
- Math center
- German warm-up
- Family game night
- Class tournament
- World-language tie-in
- Cross-subject review
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