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German
Pronunciation
Noun
Numerale n (strong, genitive Numerales or Numerale, plural Numeralia or Numeralien or Numerale)
- (grammar) numeral, number
- sensu stricto: either a cardinal numeral (cardinal number, cardinal) or an ordinal numeral (ordinal number, ordinal)
- sensu lato (younger): every word which represents a number
Usage notes
- The plural Numerale is younger and rarer.
Declension
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