"Zahl" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /tsaːl/ Audio: De-Zahl.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: From Middle High German zal, from Old High German zala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō, from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“reckoning, calculation, fraud”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, calculate”), cognate with Danish tal, Dutch tal, Hunsrik Zaal, English tale. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zal}} Middle High German zal, {{inh|de|goh|zala}} Old High German zala, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*talu}} Proto-West Germanic *talu, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*talō}} Proto-Germanic *talō, {{der|de|ine-pro|*dol-||reckoning, calculation, fraud}} Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“reckoning, calculation, fraud”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*del-||to reckon, calculate}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, calculate”), {{cog|da|tal}} Danish tal, {{cog|nl|tal}} Dutch tal, {{cog|hrx|Zaal}} Hunsrik Zaal, {{cog|en|tale}} English tale Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Zahl f (genitive Zahl, plural Zahlen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zahl [genitive], Zahlen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zahl [nominative, singular], Zahlen [definite, nominative, plural], Zahl [genitive, singular], Zahlen [definite, genitive, plural], Zahl [dative, singular], Zahlen [dative, definite, plural], Zahl [accusative, singular], Zahlen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. number, numeral, figure Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Numbers
    Sense id: en-Zahl-de-noun-nxLwJydn Disambiguation of Numbers: 77 23
  2. tails (side of a coin) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Zahl-de-noun-mx2ICYuk Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: benannte Zahl (english: definite quantity), Einwohnerzahl, Einzahl, ganze Zahl (english: integer), gebrochene Zahl (english: fraction), gerade Zahl (english: even number), Sechseckszahl (english: hexagonal number) Derived forms: zahllos, zahlreich
Related terms: benannte Zahl (english: definite quantity), Einwohnerzahl, Einzahl, ganze Zahl (english: integer), gebrochene Zahl (english: fraction), gerade Zahl (english: even number), Gesamtzahl, Kreiszahl, Mehrzahl, Minderzahl, ohne Zahl (english: countless), Teilnehmerzahl, Überzahl, Unterzahl, Vielzahl, Vollzahl, wenig an der Zahl (english: few in number), Zahlbuchstabe, zahlen, zählen, Zahlen beweisen (english: "numbers are convincing", a proverb), Zahlenfolge, Zahlenreihe, Zahlensalat, Zahlensystem, zahlentheoretisch, Zahlenwert

Inflected forms

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