"Null" meaning in German

See Null in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nʊl] Audio: De-Null.ogg
Etymology: Since late 16th c. From earlier form Nulla (c. 1500), from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, feminine of nūllus (“no one”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né, *óynos and *-lós. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:bor|it:nulla<id:nothing>|id=zero}}, {{bor|de|it|nulla}} Italian nulla, {{der|de|la|nūlla}} Latin nūlla, {{der|de|ine-pro|*né}} Proto-Indo-European *né Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Null f (genitive Null, plural Nullen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Null [genitive], Nullen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Null [nominative, singular], Nullen [definite, nominative, plural], Null [genitive, singular], Nullen [definite, genitive, plural], Null [dative, singular], Nullen [dative, definite, plural], Null [accusative, singular], Nullen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (mathematics) zero (a numeral; numeric symbol of zero) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Zero
    Sense id: en-Null-de-noun-bJCS71zy Categories (other): Mathematics, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (derogatory) failure, loser Tags: derogatory, feminine Synonyms: Nichtskönner, Versager
    Sense id: en-Null-de-noun-sBYfO2GB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Ziffer [numeral], Zahlzeichen [numeral] Coordinate_terms: Eins [numeral], Zwei [numeral], Drei [numeral]
Derived forms: Nullergebnis, Nullkommanichts, Nullleiter, Nulllösung, Nullpunkt, Nullspiel, Nullsummenspiel, Nulltarif, Nullvektor, Nullwert, Normalnull, Riesennull, Sportnull, rote Null, schwarze Null

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "Eins"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "Zwei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "Drei"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullleiter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nulllösung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullpunkt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullspiel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullsummenspiel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nulltarif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullvektor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nullwert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Normalnull"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Riesennull"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Sportnull"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rote Null"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "schwarze Null"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "Nullen",
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      "form": "Null",
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    },
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      "form": "Null",
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        "numeral"
      ],
      "word": "Ziffer"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "numeral"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "Zero and the capital letter \"O\" are very similar in typeface.",
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          "text": "Er malte eine große Null auf das Papier.",
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          "english": "The number one hundred is written with two zeros.",
          "text": "Die Zahl Hundert wird mit zwei Nullen geschrieben.",
          "translation": "The number one hundred is written with two zeros.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(mathematics) zero (a numeral; numeric symbol of zero)"
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        }
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          "english": "He is a total failure in mathematics.",
          "text": "In Mathematik ist er eine totale Null.",
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          "type": "example"
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        },
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          "word": "Versager"
        }
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        "feminine"
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  "word": "Null"
}
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    },
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      "word": "Nulllösung"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "Nullspiel"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Nulltarif"
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    },
    {
      "word": "Nullwert"
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      "word": "Normalnull"
    },
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      "word": "Riesennull"
    },
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      "word": "Sportnull"
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      "word": "rote Null"
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          "english": "The number one hundred is written with two zeros.",
          "text": "Die Zahl Hundert wird mit zwei Nullen geschrieben.",
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          "english": "He is a total failure in mathematics.",
          "text": "In Mathematik ist er eine totale Null.",
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  "word": "Null"
}

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