Betrag

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See also: betrag and Beträg

German

Etymology

From the verb betragen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈtʁaːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈtʁax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /bəˈtʁaːx/ (parts of central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
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  • Hyphenation: Be‧trag

Noun

Betrag m (strong, genitive Betrages or Betrags, plural Beträge)

  1. amount, sum
  2. (mathematics) the magnitude or length of a vector
    • 2001, Dieter Obermayer, Rechenpraxis für Techniker: die mathematischen Hürden des Probehalbjahres erfolgreich meistern ; , BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 136:
      Die Hypotenuse entspricht dem Betrag des Vektors (...) (sprich: Der Betrag des Vektor S ist gleich S ist gleich sechs.) Die Ankathete entspricht unserer gesuchten Strecke entlang der x-Achse. Wir wollen deren Betrag (Länge) ermitteln.
      The hypotenuse corresponds to the magnitude of the vector (...) (read: The magnitude of the vector S equals S equals six.) The adjacent cathetus corresponds to our desired length along the x-axis. We wish to determine the magnitude (length) hereof.
    • 2011, Alfred Böge, Handbuch Maschinenbau: Grundlagen und Anwendungen der Maschinenbau-Technik, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 43:
      Vektoren dagegen sind Größen, zu deren vollständiger Beschreibung neben einem Zahlenwert, ihrem Betrag (Länge des Vektors), noch die Angabe ihrer Richtung und Orientierung erforderlich sind.
      Vectors, on the other hand, are quantities for which a complete description requires, in addition to a number value, its magnitude (length of the vector), a specification of its direction and orientation.

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Further reading

  • Betrag” in Duden online
  • Betrag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Noun

Betrag m (plural Beträg)

  1. amount, sum