Polyglot Dictionary

Numerale

/numeˈʁaːlə/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Numeralia

Meaning

  1. numeral

    • Ein Numerale gibt eine Zahl an.

      A numeral indicates a number.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Numerus

Worth distinguishing: Numerale is the numeral word class; Numerus is grammatical number (singular/plural) — easy to conflate since both relate to "number" in grammar.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

numeral

numeral is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "numeral."

Practice

1 What does Numerale mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ gibt eine Zahl an.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Numerale?

noun

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