| 29.3.3 Zu dritt, zu viert, zu fünft, zu sechst |
This -t does not justify a declension. The morpheme -t is an expression and with cardinal numbers it means
of us/them.
| Zu dritt, zu viert, zu fünft, zu sechst | ||
| zu zweit | = two of us / them | 
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| zu dritt | = three of us / them |
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| zu viert | = four of us / them |
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| zu fünft | = five of us / them |
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| zu sechst | = six of us / them |
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| Let's have a look at some examples | |
| Sie
gingen zu
dritt zum Bürgermeisteramt.
= Three of them went to the mayor's office. |
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| Sie
machten es zu
viert. = They were four of them who did it. |
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