Numerale

See also: numerale and numérale

German

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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (grammar) numeral, number
    1. sensu stricto: either a cardinal numeral (cardinal number, cardinal) or an ordinal numeral (ordinal number, ordinal)
    2. sensu lato (younger): every word which represents a number

Usage notes
  • The plural Numerale is younger and rarer.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Note: Earlier (at least until the 19th century) Numerale was also declined like Latin numerāle and one can for example find "von den Numeralibus".

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • Kardinale, Kardinalzahl (Grundzahl, Grundzahlwort, Hauptzahl, Hauptzahlwort)
  • Ordinale, Ordinalzahl (Ordnungszahl, Ordnungszahlwort)
  • Iterativzahl, Iterativum = Quotientivum (Wiederholungszahl, Wiederholungszahlwort)
  • Multiplikativzahl, Multiplikativum
  • Distributivzahl, Distributivum
  • Proportionale (Verhältniszahl, Verhältniszahlwort)
  • Kollektivzahl (Sammelzahl, Sammelzahlwort)
  • Temporale

Further reading
  • “Numerale” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Numerale” in Duden online
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