lineal
German, adjective
lineal is spelled L-I-N-E-A-L (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lineal is a German adjective meaning “linear (long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lineal is a different word: “ruler (measuring and drawing device)”.
What does lineal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
linear (long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides)
noun
- 1
neuterruler (measuring and drawing device)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen
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 lineal
- linealer masculine nominative singular
- lineale feminine nominative singular
- lineales neuter nominative singular
- linealen genitive masculine singular
- linealem dative masculine singular
- der lineale definite includes-article masculine
- die lineale definite feminine includes-article
- das lineale definite includes-article neuter
- die linealen definite includes-article nominative
- des linealen definite genitive includes-article
- der linealen definite feminine genitive
- dem linealen dative definite includes-article
- den linealen dative definite includes-article
- Lineale nominative plural
- Lineals genitive singular
- Linealen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lineal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lineal in German?
lineal appears 1.0 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).