Polyglot Dictionary

Quantität

/kvantiˈtɛːt/

die 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 Quantitäten

Meaning

  1. quantity

    • Qualität ist wichtiger als Quantität.

      Quality is more important than quantity.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

anzahl

Anzahl is more about countable numbers; Quantität is more abstract, and can include uncountable quantity too.

menge

Menge is more everyday; Quantität is more formal or technical — both mean "quantity."

Similar in other languages

French

quantité

quantité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "quantity."

Portuguese

quantidade

quantidade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "quantity."

Practice

1 What does Quantität mean?

2 Fill the gap: Qualität ist wichtiger als ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Quantität?

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