how to pronounce numbers

[Thomas Okken]

(06-23-2018 07:27 PM)grsbanks Wrote:  The most confusing thing for non German-speakers regarding numbers is when telling the time at half past the hour.

"Zwei Uhr" is 2 o'clock. "Halb Zwei" is half past one

There is logic to that: what is being said is that you're halfway TO two.
I've also heard "Drei Viertel Zwei," meaning a quarter to two, or three quarters of the way to two (from one), but that doesn't seem to be very common. "Viertel vor Zwei" is what I would use.