Zahlwort
German, noun/ˈt͡saːlˌvɔʁt/
Zahlwort is spelled Z-A-H-L-W-O-R-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahlwort is a German neuter noun meaning “strict sense: either a cardinal numeral (cardinal number, cardinal) or an ordinal numeral (ordinal number, ordinal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wort als Begriff für eine Zahl”.
What does Zahlwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterstrict sense: either a cardinal numeral (cardinal number, cardinal) or an ordinal numeral (ordinal number, ordinal)
- 2
neuterbroad sense (younger): every word which represents a number
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wort als Begriff für eine Zahl
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 Zahlwort
- Zahlwortes genitive
- Zahlworts genitive
- Zahlwörter plural
- Zahlworte dative singular
- Zahlwörtern dative definite plural
- Zahlworten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahlwort?
- /ˈt͡saːlˌvɔʁt/
- [ˈt͡saːlˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zahlwort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zahlwort in German?
Zahlwort appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).