neun
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German
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| Cardinal: neun Ordinal: neunte Sequence adverb: neuntens Ordinal abbreviation: 9. Adverbial: neunmal Adverbial abbreviation: 9-mal Multiplier: neunfach Multiplier abbreviation: 9-fach Fractional: Neuntel Polygon: Neuneck Polygon abbreviation: 9-Eck Polygonal adjective: neuneckig Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 9-eckig | ||
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Etymology
From Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Dutch negen, English nine, West Frisian njoggen, Danish ni, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun).
Pronunciation
Numeral
neun
- (cardinal number) nine (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 9; or describing a set with nine elements)
- Martin Luther, trans., Bible, Gospel of Luke 17:17,
- „Wo sind aber die neune?“
- “Where are the other nine?”
- Martin Luther, trans., Bible, Gospel of Luke 17:17,
Coordinate terms
German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
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- 10100: Googol
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- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
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Derived terms
- Neun, Neuneck
- neunte, neunzig
- neunfach, neunmal, neuntägig
- mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten
Related terms
Further reading
- “neun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “neun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “neun” in Duden online
neun on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
