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In german and english, the comma in numbers is swapped. So the number 123.45 in german would be written as 123,45 while ironically, the thing that we used to separate thousands from hundreds is also swapped. So one-thousand-four-hundred would be written as 1,400 in english but as 1.400 in german ...
Unser Weg ist der richtige! 😜
By the way, it's absolutely not just Germany that does it the other way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Conventions_worldwide
There are many European mechanisms that make more sense to me, like aluminum being “alumINIUM”, as with many other elements.
But periods in the middle of numbers always felt wrong to me. We already have structures for sentences that pause, then eventually close a thought: “Billy played with Susie, and her dog. Cute!” Not “Billy played with Susie. and her dog, Cute!”
It's 1'400 in german.
oh interesting, this is the first time that i see this. but it kinda makes sense, thanks.
Ah yes, one foot four hundred inches. /s
On top of that, you would pronounce 678 as six-hundred-seven-ty-eight in english ... guess what it is in german:
Sechs-hundert-acht-und-sieb-zig (literally six-hundred-eight-and-seven-ty)
i'm actually trying to change this point specifically because it irks me ... but i am sadly alone with it.
But French has a number problem four twenty ten nine times worse.
This is soo nineties!
And even more fun is that some German speaking countries do it like the US. Like Switzerland for example....