rationalen Zahl

/[ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl]/ noun

The verdict

“rationalen Zahl” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
15
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl

Key facts for rationalen Zahl
PropertyValue
Headwordrationalen Zahl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rationalen Zahl” sits in German frequency

rationalen Zahl falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rationalen Zahl is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for rationalen Zahl in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rationalen Zahl, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E-N- -Z-A-H-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl
  4. 4
    Dativ Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rationalen Zahl"?
"rationalen Zahl" is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E-N- -Z-A-H-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl].
What does "rationalen Zahl" mean?
As a noun, "rationalen Zahl" means: Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl
How do you pronounce "rationalen Zahl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rationalen Zahl" is [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rationalen Zahl" come from?
"rationalen Zahl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “rationalen Zahl”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E-N- -Z-A-H-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlən ˈt͡saːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.