irrationale Zahl
[ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːlə ˈt͡saːl]
The verdict
“irrationale Zahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine reelle Zahl, die keine rationale Zahl ist; eine reelle Zahl, die nicht als Verhältnis ganzer Zahlen dargestellt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-irrationale-zahl · irrationale Zahl · German
irrationale Zahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | irrationale Zahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːlə ˈt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „irrationale Zahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
irrationale Zahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈɪʁat͡si̯onaːlə ˈt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
irrationale Zahl has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is irrationale Zahl, spelled I-R-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1eine reelle Zahl, die keine rationale Zahl ist; eine reelle Zahl, die nicht als Verhältnis ganzer Zahlen dargestellt werden kann
- 2die Menge der irrationalen Zahlen^([1])
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how irrationale Zahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die erste Zahl, die als irrationale Zahl identifiziert wurde, ist √.
Es wird vermutet, dass π+e eine irrationale Zahl ist, dies konnte jedoch noch nicht bewiesen werden.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.