dual
German, adjective
dual is spelled D-U-A-L (4 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dual is a German adjective meaning “dual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dual is a different word: “dual, dual number”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Zweiheit bildend, aus zwei Einheiten bestehend”.
What does dual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dual
noun
- 1
masculinedual, dual number
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Zweiheit bildend, aus zwei Einheiten bestehend
noun: 1. Flexionskategorie neben Singular und Plural, die in manchen Sprachen (zum Beispiel im Baltischen, Slawischen und Altgriechischen) dann verwendet wird, wenn genau zwei Personen oder Dinge gemeint sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dual
- dualer masculine nominative singular
- duale feminine nominative singular
- duales neuter nominative singular
- dualen genitive masculine singular
- dualem dative masculine singular
- der duale definite includes-article masculine
- die duale definite feminine includes-article
- das duale definite includes-article neuter
- die dualen definite includes-article nominative
- des dualen definite genitive includes-article
- der dualen definite feminine genitive
- dem dualen dative definite includes-article
- den dualen dative definite includes-article
- Duale nominative plural
- Duals genitive singular
- Dualen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dual
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dual in German?
dual appears 4.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).