ordinal
[ɔʁdiˈnaːl]
The verdict
“ordinal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einzelne Elemente einer bestimmten Reihenfolge zuordnend, einen bestimmten Platz in einer Reihe zuweisend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ordinal · ordinal · German
ordinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ordinal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔʁdiˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ordinal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ordinal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔʁdiˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einzelne Elemente einer bestimmten Reihenfolge zuordnend, einen bestimmten Platz in einer Reihe zuweisend".
ordinal has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ordinal, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1einzelne Elemente einer bestimmten Reihenfolge zuordnend, einen bestimmten Platz in einer Reihe zuweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ordinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei ordinal skalierten Variablen kann man zwischen den Ausprägungen eine Rangordnung festlegen. Ein gängiges Beispiel sind etwa Schulnoten […]“
„Ordinale Variablen treten beispielsweise bei Einstellungsmessungen (Zufriedenheit oder Vertrauen) und bei Präferenzbeurteilungen auf.“
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.