See also: numerale and numérale

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Numerale n (strong, genitive Numerales or Numerale, plural Numeralia or Numeralien or Numerale)

  1. (grammar) numeral, number
    1. sensu stricto: either a cardinal numeral (cardinal number, cardinal) or an ordinal numeral (ordinal number, ordinal)
    2. sensu lato (younger): every word which represents a number

Usage notes edit

  • The plural Numerale is younger and rarer.

Declension edit

Note: Earlier (at least until the 19th century) Numerale was also declined like Latin numerāle and one can for example find "von den Numeralibus".

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Further reading edit

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