Kardinalität
[ˌkaʁdinaliˈtɛːt]
The verdict
“Kardinalität” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anzahl der Elemente einer Menge; Mächtigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-kardinalitat · Kardinalität · German
Kardinalität · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | Kardinalität |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkaʁdinaliˈtɛːt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kardinalität“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kardinalität is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌkaʁdinaliˈtɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kardinalität, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kardinalität, spelled K-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-I-T-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1Anzahl der Elemente einer Menge; Mächtigkeit
- 2Mengenangabe zu Beziehungstypen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kardinalität appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„|M| = ∞. Es bezeichnet |M| die Mächtigkeit (Kardinalität) von M, doch ∞ ist keine Kardinalzahl.“
„Die Kardinalität einer Beziehung bezeichnet die Anzahl der Zeilen einer untergeordneten Tabelle, die sich auf eine einzelne Zeile einer übergeordneten Tabelle beziehen.“
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.