nounnot in the study set
die Kardinalzahl
cardinal number
- genitive
- der Kardinalzahl
- plural
- die Kardinalzahlen
- built from
- Kardinal + Zahl
Meanings
- 1
cardinal number — word that expresses a countable quantity
- 2
cardinal number — generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieKardinalzahl | dieKardinalzahlen |
| accusative | dieKardinalzahl | dieKardinalzahlen |
| dative | derKardinalzahl | denKardinalzahlen |
| genitive | derKardinalzahl | derKardinalzahlen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.