Kardinalzahl
German, noun[kaʁdiˈnaːlˌt͡saːl]
Kardinalzahl is a German feminine noun meaning “cardinal number (word that expresses a countable quantity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„Anzahl“ der Elemente, „Größe“ einer Menge; Eigenschaft, auf eine bestimmte Menge bijektiv abbildbar zu sein”.
What does Kardinalzahl mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecardinal number (word that expresses a countable quantity)
- 2
femininecardinal number (generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „Anzahl“ der Elemente, „Größe“ einer Menge; Eigenschaft, auf eine bestimmte Menge bijektiv abbildbar zu sein 2. ein Zahlwort, das die Anzahl von Objekten einer Menge angibt
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 Kardinalzahl
- Kardinalzahlen plural
- Cardinalzahl obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kardinalzahl?
- [kaʁdiˈnaːlˌt͡saːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kardinalzahl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kardinalzahl in German?
Kardinalzahl appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).