rationaler Zahlen

/[ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən]/ noun

The verdict

“rationaler Zahlen” 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
17
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Genitiv Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl

Key facts for rationaler Zahlen
PropertyValue
Headwordrationaler Zahlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rationaler Zahlen” sits in German frequency

rationaler Zahlen 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 rationaler Zahlen is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl".

No misspelling variants are generated for rationaler Zahlen 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 rationaler Zahlen, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E-R- -Z-A-H-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rationaler Zahlen"?
"rationaler Zahlen" is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E-R- -Z-A-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən].
What does "rationaler Zahlen" mean?
As a noun, "rationaler Zahlen" means: Genitiv Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs rationale Zahl
How do you pronounce "rationaler Zahlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rationaler Zahlen" is [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rationaler Zahlen" come from?
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Using “rationaler Zahlen”

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-R- -Z-A-H-L-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʁat͡si̯oˈnaːlɐ ˈt͡saːlən] (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.