THREE is a lucky number in many countries.
In China, it is good to have THREES in your phone number.
People say: "Good things always come in THREES".
THREE stands for the Holy Trinity.
It also stands for the beginning, the middle and the end.

FOUR is an unlucky number in China.
The Chinese word for FOUR sounds like "death".
Many Chinese people do not want the number FOUR in their house number or phone number.
But: FOUR is a lucky number in Europe, North America and Australia.
The FOUR-leaf clover is a symbol of luck.

SEVEN is a lucky number in most cultures.
But: SEVEN is an unlucky number in China.
The Chinese word SEVEN sounds like "gone".
Numbers ending in SEVEN are unlucky in Kenya.

NINE is lucky in China.
The word "NINE" means "everlasting".
But NINE is unlucky in other Asian countries because it sounds like "death".

THIRTEEN is an unlucky number in many countries.
In the USA, hotels often have no room THIRTEEN.
Skyscrapers often have no 13th floor.
THIRTEEN is a prime number.
In the Bible, Judas Iscariot was the 13th man at the Last Supper.
Many people think Friday the 13th is an unlucky day for travels.

This is a lucky number in Islam.
This number means: "In the name of Allah"
The Arabic letters in this phrase add up to 786.

What is your special lucky number? Or your unlucky number?

lucky - glücklich, glücksbringend, Glücks-
unlucky - unglücklich, Unglücks-
many - viel
"Good things always come in 3s" - "Aller guten Dinge sind drei." (wörtlich: gute Dinge kommen immer in Dreien)
to stand for - stehen für
Holy Trinity - Heilige Dreieinigkeit
the beginning - der Anfang
the middle - die Mitte, der Mittelteil
to sound like - klingen wie
death - Tod
four-leaf clover - vierblättriges Kleeblatt
symbol of luck - Glückssymbol, Symbol für Glück
most - die meisten
gone - weggegangen, vorbei
ending in SEVEN - mit einer SIEBEN am Ende
everlasting - ewig
Asian - asiatisch
room - Zimmer, Raum
skyscraper - Wolkenkratzer
floor - Stockwerk (auch Boden)
prime number - Primzahl
the Last Supper - das Letzte Abendmahl
Friday - Freitag
Arabic - Arabisch
to add up to - sich belaufen auf