neunundneunzig

Neunundneunzig is the German word for the cardinal number 99. In German, numbers from 21 to 99 are formed by placing the unit before the tens and connecting them with und, so 99 is neunundneunzig, literally "nine and ninety." The term is normally written as a single compound in prose, and may appear in digits as 99 in modern writing.

The word combines neun (nine), und (and), and neunzehzig (ninety). This reflects the historical pattern of counting units before tens in German. For other two-digit numbers the same structure applies, for example einundzwanzig (21) or neunundvierzig (49).

Neunundneunzig is used as a standard cardinal number in counting, ages, prices, and dates, and in mathematical or numerical contexts. In longer prose, numbers are often written as words up to a certain limit, and, in technical or tabular writing, they are typically rendered as digits.

The number appears in popular culture, notably in the song 99 Luftballons, where the digits 99 are widely recognized in German-speaking contexts. In German-language literature and humor, the word is occasionally used to illustrate counting patterns or to evoke a conventional German numeral.

See also: German numerals; Numbers in German.