Polyglot Dictionary

Numerus

/ˈnuːmeʁʊs/

der noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Numeri

Meaning

  1. number (grammar)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Numerale

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

Practice

1 What does Numerus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ kann Singular oder Plural sein.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Numerus?

noun

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